Disposing of an old computer securely

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> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of
> J.Francois
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:05 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Disposing of an old computer securely
>
> 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.
>
> I don't have the links handy but Google should be able to locate
> both stories on some mirror sites.
>
> In short: Nuke the box from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
>
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gotta love this guy - nothing mainstream with JLF.

Craig