Destructive Windows Script

[rbt]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> "Dennis Lee Bieber" <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote in message 
> news:ioh7a1liqm1qpu0a1l0qmmb7n3gqehtl26 at 4ax.com...
> 
>>My previous facility didn't even accept mil-spec wipes -- all
>>disk drives leaving the facility had to go through a demagnitizer,
> 
> 
> OT but I am curious: does a metallic case act as a metallic shield, so that 
> the case needs to be opened to do this?  (Conversely, is a magnet near a 
> disk drive a danger to it?)

Absolutely. Small HDD's (like laptops) are especially vulnerable to 
magnetic force.