Steve Ciarcia recommends a .44 Magnum for secure hard drive erasure.  Also has the advantage of being able to take care of anyone wanting to steal the data in the first place. *

-- Lawrence Lile, P.E.
Electrical and Electronic Solutions
Project Solutions Companies
www.projsolco.com

*Circuit Cellar editorial, circa March 2004 IIRC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Moreton [mailto:peter.moreton@virgin.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:28 AM
> To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> Subject: RE: [OT] Hard drive secure eraser
> 
> In the UK there is a secure way to destroy a HDD - put it in a parcel
> marked
> 'fragile' and post it. Not much survives the care and attention of the
> British Post Office. :-)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of
> Spehro Pefhany
> Sent: 17 December 2004 05:30
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] Hard drive secure eraser
> 
> At 11:36 PM 12/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >if you want to be DoD level 2 secure, there's a procedure to erase
> securely.
> >level 3 is sending drive through a chipper after level 2 erasure.
> >(look up DoD secure wiping tool on google, or the DoD secure wipe
> >spec's)
> >
> >andrew
> 
> Not having access to such a "chipper" (or to my preference, which would be
> a
> cement kiln), I just hang onto every hard drive forever. They all fit
> nicely
> into a small box. I have ones marked that are from other sources such that
> can be disposed of without worry or fear.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the
> reward"
> speff@interlog.com             Info for manufacturers:
> http://www.trexon.com
> Embedded software/hardware/analog  Info for designers:
> http://www.speff.com
> 
> 
> 
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