If you have any concerns about security, don't. Shred them.
Portability? Why else would one use a floppy? I carry a USB stick on my key ring. I don't think I want to carry a HDD in such a manner.
-- Keith
I've even heard of an "unformat" utility, that just rewrote the old sectors and brought all of the data back. Of course, this could be just one of those stories.
Thanks! Rich
For Heaven's Sakes, DO NOT PUT A FLOPPY IN THE MICROWAVE! It will not erase it, and could damage the microwave.
Go to Rat Shack, spring seven bucks or whatever for a bulk tape eraser, and do it.
Or, take a microwave oven transformer, cut off the secondary and throw it away, and with a Dremel or die grinder, cut a slot in the part of the core where the secondary was. Plug it in, and pass the floppies through the slot. ;-P
Good Luck! Rich
Yes, consider the shutter on a 3-1/2" diskette.
-- Keith
Y'know, I'd think that the strongest field would be alongside the two struts that the tip screws to. At least as far as "out in the air, erasing floppy disks" - obviously, the strongest field is inside the core, i.e., not involved in erasing floppies. :-)
Cheers! Rich
I use to use one of my old Weller 8200 soldering guns to erase floppies. Pull the trigger and run the disk over the side of the transformer in its body. It did a good job on 5 1/4" & 8" floppies. I do a full format on used HD 3 1/2" disks to test for bad sectors and pitched any disk with more than a couple bad sectors.
-- Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted after threats were telephoned to my church. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
clever, ta
NT
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