Re: [tlug] Bits to Bits, Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes

[Edward Middleton <edward@example.com>]

Jim wrote:
> Edward Middleton wrote:
>
>   
>> Jim wrote:
>>     
>>> It just depends how bad the data is wanted. 
>>> How many millions of pounds are you willing to beat the drive with? 
>>>   
>>>       
>> And there is always the possibility that the hardware is making a backup
>> of you data.  Maybe it is doing more then remapping bad sectors.
>>     
> Are you warming up to a grinder? 
> Just drag it down the road for a few kilometers. :-)
>   
Not controlled enough.  The drive could come lose before the data was
destroyed ;) The grinder would seem to me to be the most reliable solution.

Edward