28 Jan
2006
28 Jan
'06
4:19 p.m.
In message <Pine.SUN.4.20.0601281905410.2120-100000 at osfn.org>
William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> wrote:
Magnetic media also has a pretty good
"memory", even after many, many
erasings and rewrites. I seem to remember you can get the "history" of a
magnetic area on a disk by looking at the very edges of that area, as it
builds up like growth rings in a tree.
Solution: Melt the magnetic media down into a lump. For hard drives, use
thermite. For magtapes, a nice hot fire - the hotter the better :)
I'd love to see some TLA recover data from a hard drive that's been melted
down into a misshapen lump of metal :)
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