Glen;
There are some rare- earth magnets inside that hard drive-- Samarium
Cobalt or Nickel Iron Boron-- that are worth recovering before you blast
it with a 12 ga. The magnets are usually brazed onto a backing plate but
if you use a chisel they usually pop off easily. Those magnets are
STRONG!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Glen Barrett
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:04 AM
To: Bryan Savage; Jon Wennerberg
Cc: List Land Speed
Subject: Re: NON-LSR Computer Security FYI
They tell me to recover old or overwritten data is very expensive. I
guess
thats what a back up is for. I have a lot of old stuff on 3 1/2 floppies
and
still have a drive for them on my desk top. Some day I will take it to
the
hills behind my house and use the 12 ga on it to see how many shots it
takes
to destroy the hard drive. the rest goes to the recycle co.
Glen
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