Re: [NF] Format laptop hard drive

Author: Paul Hill

Posted: 2011-03-02 at 15:13:28

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:31 PM, david Smith <dsmith@doandelivers.com> wrote:

> Two words: Shop Magnet.

>

> A few moments under one of the technicians monstrously powerful magnets and

> the data is gone forever.

I'm not entirely convinced.

Have you ever played with the magnets inside a hard drive?

They're rare earth magnets, placed either side of the platter.

Seriously strong, especially in older drives. How they don't effect

the data on the drive I don't know.

Personally, I hammer a nail through the drive. Easy.

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Paul

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