But time consuming. I like the powerful permanent magnet idea.
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From: Eric Shubert <
ejs@shubes.net>
To:
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Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 5:59:31 PM
Subject: Re: degausser
Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 17:47 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote:
>> My Mom wants to decommission all her old floppies.
>>
>> Is the tool you would use to do that called a "degausser"? Fry's said
>> they didn't have a thingy to scramble the magnetic domains on floppies
>> or tapes.
> ----
> a wipe with a very powerful magnet should be all that is needed for the
> task
>
> Craig
Or you could run the shred program against them.
How sensitive is the data on them though, really? Doing a full format on
them might be sufficient.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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