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March 2003, Week 4

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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:26:02 -0800
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One approach might be:

1) Scratchvol

2)Rebuild the volumeset

3)Create a few REALLY big files,

4) Fill the files with 1's

5) then fill the files with 0's.

Could be done, and all you would need is quad and Fcopy.

HTH

-Craig



--- Dan Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> LOL.....I've already had one reply from the site suggesting they may
> just use a hammer, and that a list of participants is being put together
> ;-).....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Tracy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:49 AM
> To: Dan Barnes; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] Scrubbing a Disc Drive
>
>
> One of the solutions I mentioned to the honorable Dr. Ferenc Nagy last
> year when he was trying to donate his old machine was to get a razor
> blade and scrape the surface of the disc clean.
>
> Or you could try Steel Wool or a Milling Machine.
>
> Tracy Johnson
> MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Barnes
> >
> > Is anyone aware of a tool, free or otherwise, that will scrub a disc
> > that is looking to be discarded ?  I hav a client site asking about
> > this.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Dan Barnes
>
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