Re: Bulk erase methods

Al wrote:
>
> Years ago, bulk magnetic tape erasers were sold for erasing reel-to-reel
> magnetic tapes. You might be able to find one in an antiques store ;-)
> and use it for your purpose.
>
> Al


I use to use one of my old Weller 8200 soldering guns to erase
floppies. Pull the trigger and run the disk over the side of the
transformer in its body. It did a good job on 5 1/4" & 8" floppies. I
do a full format on used HD 3 1/2" disks to test for bad sectors and
pitched any disk with more than a couple bad sectors.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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