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Date:      Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:39:57 +0200
From:      Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal?
Message-ID:  <4d4886050a110040091998cc8b96323f1fa215db.camel@riseup.net>
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On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 17:13 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Steel that is hot enough to "fuse into a lump" will need to be
> significantly hotter than that -- nearly at the melting point.=C2=A0 All =
of
> the magnetic information will have been wiped.
>=20
> Other ferromagnets useable for magnetic recording are going to behave=20
> similarly.

Hi,

you only need a morphogenetic field resonator to read data from a
demagnetised lump, see
https://static.spektrum.de/fm/912/f2000x857/245808923_pa.jpg ;).

Regards,
Ralf



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