[Full-Disclosure] Erasing a hard disk easily

From: amilabs (amilabs_at_optonline.net)
Date: 07/12/04

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:49:23 -0400

     
    I have a bunch of old computers I would like to donate. Old laptops with win
    95/98 on them and some old tower desktops all circa 1995-2k.
    I would like to know if I can just use a magnet to completely wipe out the
    data for obvious security reasons. I have heard about the disk erasers like
    active kill and Perl utilities for this but with the ability of data
    ghosting etc. is this enough? Can I use a big magnet like a speaker magnet
    or something like a degasser to just wipe out the data without having to
    boot these old boxes and go through all the extra work.

    Thanks

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