Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal?

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From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf_at_riseup.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:39:57 UTC

On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 17:13 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Steel that is hot enough to "fuse into a lump" will need to be
> significantly hotter than that -- nearly at the melting point.  All of
> the magnetic information will have been wiped.
> 
> Other ferromagnets useable for magnetic recording are going to behave 
> similarly.

Hi,

you only need a morphogenetic field resonator to read data from a
demagnetised lump, see
https://static.spektrum.de/fm/912/f2000x857/245808923_pa.jpg ;).

Regards,
Ralf