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

On 03/24/2011 11:38 AM, Lee S. Whatley wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> it takes *forever*!
>>
>> At 90MB/s, it takes 3 hours to wipe a 1TB drive. :(
>
> A hammer works much faster :)

But (most of) the devices still work. I'm just trying to consolidate...

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the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally
corrupt."
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