Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:05:17 -0700 From: "J.Francois" To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: Disposing of an old computer securely Organization: MagusNet, Inc. Design * Develop * Integrate Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us >I went back thru the thread and there is one issue. >RAM and Hard Drives can be overwritten many >times and still be readable. > >There was an article in the NYT about a TLA that >could get data from hard drives that had been reformatted >and used about 7x due to the miniscule amount of "play" >in the heads a direct overwrite is not possible. > >With RAM you just freeze it with Nitrogen and read the bits. >The longer a stick of RAM sits without flipping bits, the more >"readable" it is. If you need to go through all this, I don't want to know what you have been doing! Keith Smith (not the football player)