confidential info on old harddrives.

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed May 26 22:20:19 1999

<> It's a foolish practice. Running Norton's diskwipe is a good thing but a

FYI: disk wipe write a patternover the dat file to reduce it's
recoverability.

<wiping program (and *think* it is okay although not as good as doing a
<wipedisk) is to overwrite the offending file with another larger one, i.e.

Delete and format will pretty much clean the disk.

The key thing is to not leave it out in the open so to speak.

<drive, and then hit the platters with a bulk eraser. I have heard that it

Then the disk is useless and you much as well hit it with a hammer as the
positioner servo information is gone.

<is possible to recover data from the HD even after doing a wipedisk by
<removing the platters and then analyzing the platters (urban legend?)

Yes that is true but, you're taking in a lab setting with sophisticated
tools and knowledge. IE: CIA/fbi stuff.

Allison
Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 22:20:19 BST