--- Technomage <
technomage-hawke@cox.net> wrote:
> ok,
> I've been wrangling this question around a while and haven't been able to
> gain
> any real answers that make sense (and my knowledge base on this is lacking
> due to being 10 years out of date).
>
> so, here goes:
>
> is it possible, given the current understanding of the laws of physics, to
> so
> erase a hard drive as to make it virtually impossible to recover ANY data
> of
> any usefulness whatsoever (up to and including either a major government or
>
> major multinational corporationthrowing huge sums of money at the problem
> in
> an attempt to recover)?
>
> so far, the only answer I have found is: a conditional no (any or all the
> data
> can be recovered, including the previously written data multiple layers
> deep).
>
> is there a correct 9and unconditional) answer for this arguement?
If it absolutely has to be gone, I would never trust writing over it (even
multiple times). I would disassemble it, take the platters out, and sand all
the metal off :)
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