I found this document the other day: NIST SP 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf The following articles mention in passing that data can be recovered from drives containing bullet holes. One article is about the Department of Defence computer forensics lab, the other about Ontrack: http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0308dod.html http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1911132,00.asp later, Edward * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *