On 07/17/13 10:37, Al Puzzuoli wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I understand that when old computers and servers go to salvage, the
> drives in those computers are wiped, but what about free floating
> drives? We have several old drives that were formerly part of an
> array. If we pass those onto salvage, will they be disposed of securely?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al Puzzuoli
>
> Michigan State University
>
> Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu
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>
>
Why don't you hook them up to any kind of unix like system and do
something like
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd0c bs=64k (OpenBSD example)
to be sure?
--STeve Andre'
