Re: [Nolug] Why geeks don't wipe hard drives...

... OR use a hammer :)

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:

> Hi Ron.
>
> Use a hammer. It takes under a minute. :)
>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
> [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:51 AM
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Why geeks don't wipe hard drives...
>
> On 03/24/2011 11:17 AM, Mischa D. Krilov wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> wrote:
> >> it takes *forever*!
> >>
> >> At 90MB/s, it takes 3 hours to wipe a 1TB drive. :(
> >
> > That seems quite reasonable to me. I've seen older, sub-100GB drives
> > take more than 24 hours.
> >
>
> The point is that it's a pain. Especially if you've got multiple drives.
>
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