[Dataloss] hard drive destruction

*Hobbit* hobbit at avian.org
Wed Aug 16 09:46:19 EDT 2006


For the 99% case, "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda" from a linux distrib
booted to a shell will probably suffice.  Or maybe from /dev/random,
which would take much longer.  I wouldn't think scammers in Nigeria
or wherever are the ones going after old drives with magnetic-force
microscopy or in-depth head-signal analysis...

Clearly, the answer is to fill the drive up with pr0n and then
send it off!

_H*


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