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

["Tom Metro-12" <user=71@nabble.blu.org>]

 John Abreau wrote: 
> I have a Seagate 750gb hard drive that's died, and that I'm preparing 
> to return for warranty replacement. 
> 
> I did a google search for hard drive degaussers... 

That's going to make Seagate's job of refurbishing the drive a lot 
harder. They might decline the warranty claiming you "abused" the drive 
if they figure out you did this. 


> I tried to use DBAN to erase the drive, but it's unable to detect the 
> drive at all... 

Isn't DBAN based on Linux? Can you see the drive from any bootable Linux 
distribution? 

If so, just dd /dev/random to the drive a couple of times and you're good. 

If the electronics are dead, then a degausser may be your only option, 
short of buying an identical drive (or getting Seagate to cross-ship the 
replacement) and swapping the circuit board yourself. 

Given the drive is worth about $120, trashing (and performing your own 
mechanical destruction) it might be your least costly option. 

  -Tom 

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