Re: Ways to *REALLY* erase a hard drive?

From: Guy Macon (_see.web.page__at__www.guymacon.com_)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:52:38 +0000

Al wrote:

>Years ago, when reel-to-reel tape recorders were popular, there was a
>gadget called a bulk reel eraser. It completely wiped any information on
>the tapes. In essence it was just a giant electromagent that ran on AC.
>The fluctuating magnet field was suffiecient to totally erase the
>information and not leave a magnetic bias on the magnetic medium. If you
>can find one, you might be able to build one easily from a discarded
>tranformer.

Like I said before, radio shack sells them. They are called video
tape bulk erasers now.

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