Dan Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.

As donna mentioned, we sell a program that will do this for you:

   http://www.allegro.com/products/hp3000/wipedisk.html

if you want to be able to re-use or sell the drive of course.

Your other options are to simply keep the drive or destroy it, since
they're cheap to replace (at least in small quantities).

I find the most entertaining "destroy it" option (short of extreme
violence) to simply be disassembly of the drive.  The pretty disk
platters can be re-used as coasters, mirrors, of in any number of
art projects.  And the rare-earth magnets that the head actuator
pushes against can be a lot of fun to play with (and quite dangerous
too, unless you enjoy grabbing your skin with a pair of pliers and
applying about 30 pounds of force :-)

G.

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