[rescue] Re: nuking from orbit

[Mike Free]

just get a switch and about 100' of 26 or 28 gauge enameled wire, carefully
wrap it in a coil around the offending drive. Flip the switch, you have a
degaussing field.... I have no idea if it would be strong enough to
permanently scramble things, but it would make it 100% certainly
unuseable...

Mike Free
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simeon Johnston" <simeonuj at eetc.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:01 AM
Subject: [rescue] Re: nuking from orbit


> After reading all the posts on data recovery I am reminded of something
> I thought of a while back...
> A Big Ass Electro Magnet (BAEM)... :)
> Put that around the drive after you've sanitized it and let it sit there
> for a couple days.
> Should do the trick.  Of course I don't know what I'm talking about.
> But it made sense at the time. :)
>
> I was actually thinking of a divice that could be setup inside the
> computer that, when the correct button was pressed, would turn on wipe
> the drive for you.  Probably take out the MB and magnetize the case too.
> Now that would be cool. :)
>
> sim
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