Re: Erasing hard drives - Erase-O-Matic?

["Ben Holland" <user=122@nabble.blu.org>]

 I was going to say, just place a strong magnet or two on it and let it sit 
there for about a day, I mean, it's going to take a miracle if your comp 
doesn't pick it up for any other computer to pick it up, and the only way to 
get to it is something like a dd command, but with magnets over the plates 
it should really take care of it. Anyone kill drives this way? ~Ben 

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Boland, John <[hidden email]> 
wrote: 

> the first thing I noticed is that the hard drive in the picture has the 
> cover removed. 
> removing the cover of a drive invalidates the warranty, there are a 
> number of stickers on most drives that warn you of that. 
> his claims are that before you dispose of the media, you can make sure 
> that all data has been cleared. 
> besides you gotta love that "rare-earth-magnet technology"! 
> 
> 
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> Subject: Erasing hard drives - Erase-O-Matic? 
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> I have a Seagate 750gb hard drive that's died, and that I'm preparing to 
> return for warranty replacement. 
> 
> I tried to use DBAN to erase the drive, but it's unable to detect the 
> drive at all, never mind wipe its data. I did a google search for hard 
> drive degaussers, and found a lot of options that would cost between 
> $2,000 and $40,000. 
> 
> Then I ran across "Erase-O-Matic" for $199, which claims to wipe hard 
> drives. It strikes me as too good to be true, which makes me wonder if 
> it's some sort of scam. So far I haven't found any data to help me 
> figure out whether it's legitimate. 
> 
> Has anyone here used this device, and can say how well it works? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
>    http://erase-o-matic.com/
> 
> 
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