[GRLUG] Data wiping / recovery / paranoia

[Tim Schmidt]

On 9/14/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

The article mentioned that they were pulling data off a platter with a
bullet hole in it...

--tim