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From: robert@uop.EDU (Robert McCaul--The Equalizer)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Erasing magnetic media
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Date: Sun, 8-Nov-87 14:10:32 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  8 14:10:32 1987
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ok, a dumb question here...

why don't you just use a bulk eraser like for audio tape, and nuke
the disk?? then reformat it and go on??

(this would seem to work for tape and floppy media, although a hard
drive might need the addition of a nuke switch and its own magnet)

well??