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Old 02-23-2008, 03:24 PM
bealoid
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Default Re: How many overwrites for secure erase?

"Sebastian G." <seppi@seppig.de> wrote in
news:62as0jF21pbucU1@mid.dfncis.de:

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> Either you have a really really long fire (hours till days) of
> constant high heat, or you may simply resort to degaussing or acid.


Obviously: Degaussing the platters, not the whole drive. Which I've seen
people recommend as a way of disk erasing.

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