Well burning it doesn't do is completely (unless it's molten and then mixed with other stuff). You should securely wipe it with a magnet and then melt it. In this case, just wipe it about 100 times and then sell it.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alexandru ARMEAN</b> <<a href="mailto:alex@armean.net">alex@armean.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">There are methods (and they are used) to read data from a overwritten<br>disk.<br><br>It has to do with the age of data that has been written in a single
<br>place on the disk . The process, of what i remember , involves some more<br>hardware methods like taking of a very small layer of the disks surface<br>and then try to read data.<br><br><br>The only 100% solution of disposing your data is to burn the disc (and
<br>then maybe melt it). But selling it maybe also be effective in the given<br>case...<br><br><br><br>Alex<br><br><br>On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 23:55 +0200, Landorin wrote:<br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA1
<br>><br>> I don't get it. Why buy a new one anyway? From what I know, any and<br>> every data will be lost if you format your hardisk with a safe method<br>> (can't remember the name right now but that method keeps writing
<br>> random data to your entire hardisk to overwrite existing files and it<br>> does it for 10 times or more to ensure all old data is lost)?<br>><br>> Sincerely,<br>> Landorin<br>><br>><br>> Eric H. Jung schrieb:
<br>> > If you can't afford a new hard drive, be sure to wipe it using DBAN<br>> > <a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net/">http://dban.sourceforge.net/</a><br>> > (open-source, free)<br>> ><br>> >
<br>> > --- Ringo Kamens <<a href="mailto:2600denver@gmail.com">2600denver@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> Chances are it would be internal and couldn't hold much data. I<br>> >> really think
<br>> >> you should sell your rig and buy a used one that's comprable and cut<br>> >> the<br>> >> losses. It's too risky to keep it.<br>> >><br>> >> On 5/13/06, Olivier Barbut <
<a href="mailto:olivier.barbut@free.fr">olivier.barbut@free.fr</a>> wrote:<br>> >>> thanks for the advice. I will for shure reformat everything and<br>> >>> reinstall linux when I get time for this. Changing hard drives
<br>> >> would be<br>> >>> nice but I have not enough money for this right now.<br>> >>><br>> >>> Do you know what a hard drive tap could look like ?<br>> >>>> As for the tor server, I suggest that you completely wipe those
<br>> >> drives<br>> >>>> securely, reformat, and reinstall everything. The best thing to<br>> >> do<br>> >>>> would be to sell those drives and buy new ones because it could
<br>> >> be<br>> >>>> that they put taps in them. Also, they could have installed a<br>> >>>> keylogger. If I were you, I wouldn't use any of that equipment<br>> >> again.<br>
> >>>> At the very minimum, you need to reinstall windows/linux/etc. and<br>> >> tor<br>> >>>> with a reformat because they probably put in a trojaned version<br>> >> of tor.
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