Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

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Author: Chris. Aubrey-Smith
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction
On 7 October 2011 10:19, Damian L Brasher <lug@???> wrote:

> Good morning group,
>
> On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 09:05 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> > On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:
> > > Hi all
>
> > > Yes this old chestnut again. Like most of us I guess, I have quite a
> few
> > > old hdds and we're now in chuck away mood. Physically I'll be
> disposing of
> > > these in as environmentally friendly a way as I can but destroying data
> is,
> > > as I remember, a bit tricky. I know data can be recovered even if you
> wipe
> > > the partition etc so here's my plan - any ideas how robust this is??
>
> If you're throwing it away, a sledgehammer has always worked for me!


Chris.
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