26 Oct
2005
26 Oct
'05
2:23 p.m.
Adrian Graham wrote:
On 26/10/05 19:49, "Erik Klein" <classiccmp at vintage-computer.com>
wrote:
Not to mention that degaussing would destroy most non-ST506 type drives
anyway. Nearly anything with some sort of onboard microcontroller will
want firmware off the drive...
Gordon.
The question is: how do I clean the drives
completely without any real
chance of data being recovered? The only other option would be to leave
the drives behind so they can be crushed.
Later versions of VMS have an $init/erase command that physically writes
zeroes to the disk; the best way of properly initialising is to put the
drives through a degausser but even that might not please the security
conscious.