Re: Bulk erase methods



GregS wrote:

>I still sometimes have to erase a floppy to use it, if the format
>is not recognized by the computer.

I use floppies in my PC, my CP/M system and my Commodore.
Without a bulk erase, you get many, many errors.

>A standard hand held bulk eraser is what I use.

The ones for cassette tapes are a bit weak. The Radio
Shack videotape eraser is quite strong and very low priced.

>Still a somewhat time consuming process, as it takes several passes
>to do it.

Hold the eraser and the floppy as far away from each other
as your arms will reach. Turn on eraser. Bring them together,
taking at least 5 seconds to do so. Do one circular pass on
each side. Bring them arms-length apart again. Turn of the
eraser. Always move slowly, never more than one foot per second,
and never turn the eraser on or off while near the target.

>Is there still such a thing being sold?

Radio Shack. Videotape eraser. Works great. Cheap.

Also fun with CRT monitors (but *NOT* Trinitrons!
You can actually tangle the shadow mask wires!)

Even more fun with metal surfaces such as filing cabinets.
Makes a loud noise that is perfect for that special moment
when someone powers up newly built or repaired electronics.

--
Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/>

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Are computer forensics people as stupid as they seem?
    ... program called "evidence eliminator" installed does not have clean ... If you're in such a legal jurisdiction that a file eraser on your ... piggybacking on security industry "best practices," not furtively erasing ... To know *what* to erase you must keep track of all these possible leakage ...
    (alt.privacy)
  • Re: free OS instead of windows?
    ... ERASER, which runs from a floppy and wipes everything on the ... Eraser - Free secure data erase tool to wipe files on your ... Eraser is a secure data removal tool, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: Permanent data removal
    ... version of WDDIAG or Lifeguard tools for Western Digital drives, ... etc.) and do a full erase & ... BCWipe but Tolvanen's Eraser or something similar would also do). ... abandoning the erasing policy and revert to my ...
    (alt.computer.security)
  • Re: Pocket Programmer 3 Question
    ... My big eraser will erase 100+ 32 pin eproms. ... I just erase for longer. ... I didn't know you could damage eproms by too much ...
    (rec.games.pinball)
  • Re: Erasing 2nd Internal Hard drive
    ... Depending on how many files you really need to erase you could go for a freeware application called Eraser. ... You create the Nuke disk after installing Eraser by going to Start>All Programs>Eraser>Create Nuke Boot Disk. ... I have done some research about how to wipe off all information on a Hard ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)