[GRLUG] Data wiping / recovery / paranoia

[Michael Mol]

As I recall, roasting the disk will weaken the strength of the
magnetic fields, necessitating more sensitive equipment.  I'd like to
see someone who read data off of warped and discontinuous platters,
like the ones my friends and I generated on Labor Day:


http://theforge.us/sc/laborday2006/Photo_090406_005.jpg
http://theforge.us/sc/laborday2006/Photo_090406_004.jpg
http://theforge.us/sc/laborday2006/Photo_090406_003.jpg
http://theforge.us/sc/laborday2006/Photo_090406_002.jpg

Best shot of the day: (Though it may not have warped the platters as intended)
http://theforge.us/sc/laborday2006/Photo_090406_001.jpg

On 9/14/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey...  remember that fun discussion we had not too long ago about
> what is and isn't possible to recover from a hard drive?  Well I ran
> across the company who's software we used...  OnTrack
> (http://www.ontrack.com).  They'll also accept drives shipped to them
> with absolutely horrid damage.  An example?
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1911131,00.asp
>
> It's pretty incredible stuff.  Encrypting everything looks more and
> more attractive.
>
> --tim
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