Am 20.07.2012 20:54, schrieb Le_Forgeron:
> Le 20/07/2012 19:46, clipka nous fit lire :
>>
>> Quiz: If you had highly sensitive data on your hard drive, and needed to
>> erase it for sure - would you rather trust this alleged fact, or have
>> the erasing software write random numbers just in case?
>
> If the data on drive was so sensitive, I would use chemistry first. Then
> a bit of heavy hammer physic, and finally a good heat with partial
> ionisation, at temperature far above the curie point.
>
> Boiling HCl is probably enough, as a starter. (get ride of most iron &
> steel). Wear a protective mask and operate under well vented condition.

Not recommended if you want to continue to use the hard drive though.

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