CAN I ERASE A HARD DRIVE WITH A T.V. DEGAUSSER?

Subject: CAN I ERASE A HARD DRIVE WITH A T.V. DEGAUSSER?

Date: Thu Jun 19 03:50:39 2003
Posted by mahesh
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I need to erase a hard drive. Can I do it with a TV degausser? Can I do it 
without opening the HDD, so that I can reuse it? How strong a degausser would 
be required for it? Would it damage the HDD (firmware / formatting information 
stored in the zero track)?

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