On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Eric Lavigne wrote:

> > What are some tools to securely erase a hard disk?
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> Nong bends it with two pliers and a hammer... then sets it on fire.

I've found if you just use Deskstars the drives will scrub themselves 
clean..

http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~ken/crash and 
http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~ken/deskstar2

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> I do a full reformat, then leave it in a closet for a decade or so
> until no one cares what was once stored on it.
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> !DSPAM:45b3ad7b165951023418122!
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