On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Manuel A. Camacho Q. wrote:
> Sorry: technical term here. "Short circuiting" does not mean "burning". It
> is an electronic procedure that just means making a temporary electrical
> connection between two (well defined) parts of the circuit (usually two
> connections of an integrated circuit or with jumper changes). Short
> circuiting procedure is used in many other situations, such as when you
> forget your BIOS password, or you need to unload condensers in video
> devices. In the actual case, it will create magnetic fields that will
> destroy the data on the disk, but maintaining the physical integrity of the
> electronic device. So, when the short circuit is removed, you can access
> the disk as if it was brand new (no partitions, no formating, no data, no
> evidence...).
>
Quick question... would a bulk tape eraser work to wipe a hard drive?
Would it have to be one of those "industrial" bulk erasers or would
one of the ones you buy at Radio Shack do the job? :-)
John
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