[wplug] degaussing tapes and hard drives

[Vanco, Don]

Radio Shack used to sell a hand-held de-Gausser - it only had like a
5-minute duty cycle (followed by 20 minutes off) though as it was
basically just a big coil in a plastic case.  If they no longer carry it
I am sure you can get one from NewEgg or Tiger or even OfficeMax, etc.
 
As far as the drives - there's tons of proggys that will write/rewrite
zeros to the disk if that's what you want to do.  Failing that, a big
hammer in parking lot should render them unrecoverable.  I do not
believe you'll be able to de-Gauss a drive through it's case.


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	From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Poyner, Brandon
	Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:31 PM
	To: General user list
	Subject: [wplug] degaussing tapes and hard drives
	
	
	Does anybody have suggestions on degaussing SDLT media and hard
drives without buying a $2,000+ unit?  I'm looking to get it done
locally.  I don't want to destroy the tapes for warranty reasons, and I
don't want to send them far offsite for security reasons.  The drives
I'm willing to destroy and/or degauss.  It looks like I need something
with at least a 4000 gauss field strength.
	 
	Thanks,
	 
	Brandon Poyner
	Network Engineer III
	CCAC - College Office
	412-237-3086
	 
	 

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