I asked > I am wiping prior to disposal hundreds of hard drives. They are mostly > SCSI drives, but there is the occasional oddball. I have been using a > software solution (dd /dev/zero onto every bit seven times) but this fails > if the disk will not format. I am looking for a hardware solution: I take > the disk out and run it through a massive electromagnet or something like > that. A google search only turns up software programs. Is anyone familiar > with a hardware solution? TIA; summary will follow. The suggestions: Find out *exactly* to what standards the disk needs to be wiped. At one end of the spectrum is to reduce the disk to metal confetti. The other end of the spectrum is to run Sun format if the drive is readable and just run analyze and purge. Some folks suggested keywords for google, and some suggested specific websites. I know nothing about these companies; I am just relaying site names that I received. Physical destruction grinder http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=1285 power drill through the drive chipper dissassemble the drives and sandpaper the platters sledge hammer, axe, etc. furnace a 3rd party company that does data destruction Really big magnetic fields degauss magnet http://www.datadev.com http://www.eyecote.com http://www.garner-products.com Software software at wipe.sourceforge.net Sun instructions http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/trustedsolaris/ts_tech_faq/faqs/purge.xml Thanks to: EngleV@mont.disa.mil FH <fhouston@usa.net> TJMondragon@statestreet.com Ric Anderson <RIC@opus1.com> "Moore, Joe" <jmoore@ugs.com> Alan Pae <alan.pae@gmail.com> Chris Ruhnke <ruhnke@us.ibm.com> David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> William Kwan <william.kwan@db.com> Graeme Burke <gburke@astrology.com> Steve Edberg <sbedberg@ucdavis.edu> "Reed, Judith" <jreed@navisite.com> Duval Warren <Duval.Warren@sun.com> Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> "Timon, John" <john.timon@labatt.com> Andrew Laden <Andrew.Laden@tudor.com> Pablo Jejcic <pablo.jejcic@gmail.com> Jacob Rieper <jacob.rieper@verizon.net> "SMITH, Kev" <kev.smith@atosorigin.com> Dan Stromberg <strombrg@dcs.nac.uci.edu> Eric Falen <Robert_E_Falen@raytheon.com> Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com> "Cole, William" <William.Cole@gedas.com> "Murdock, Matt" <Matt.Murdock@brooks.com> Michael Horton <Michael.Horton@acntv.com> joe_fletcher <joe_fletcher@btconnect.com> Harvey WAMBOLDT <harvey@mdacorporation.com> John Stoffel <john.stoffel@taec.toshiba.com> Pete Geenhuizen <pgeenhuizen@pobox.homeunix.net> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Christopher L. Barnard O When I was a boy I was told that | | cbarnard@tsg.cbot.com / \ anybody could become president. | | (312) 347-4901 O---O Now I'm beginning to believe it. | | http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/~cbarnard --Clarence Darrow | +----------PGP public key available via finger or PGP keyserver---------+ _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Sep 7 11:17:02 2005
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