On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 09:13 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 14:54 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > --- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 19:55 +0500, Mustafa Qasim > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/19/07, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > My brother-in-law uses Windows XP and his > > > system crashed > > > > making his > > > > Documents unavailable. He saw how > > > expensive disk recovery > > > > could be when > > > > a local Linux user volunteered to recover > > > the documents for > > > > him. > > > > > > > > Now here is a whole new use for Linux and > > > there is money in > > > > it > > > > somewhere. > > > > -- > > > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe: > > > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > Now here is a whole new use for Linux and > > > there is money in it > > > > somewheroe. > > > > > > > > Sorry! bro. i didn't got it! what do u mean by > > > "there is money in it > > > > somewhere." > > > > > > > I need to leave out throwaway sentences. All I meant > > > was currently you > > > have to pay sums of $800 or $1000 to recover data > > > from a crashed > > > system.. A Linux based system might offer the > > > service cheaper. But it > > > would not work if the Disk is actually physically > > > damaged , I don't > > > think. > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > I have recovered many documents, word files, > > spreadsheets, etc., for some colleagues at school. > > The harddrive on the host machines was going bad > > giving thunking sounds. I used Slax and recovered > > many files for them and passed them on to a USB drive > > and they gave me a hero's welcome. They were very > > happy to get their data back and praising me very > > much. > > > > But if the disk is physically damaged, I concur with > > you Aaron, but some say that the FBI can do, it. > > I do not know to what extent, but many people say that > > they can get anything that was on your computer no > > matter how many times you have reformatted your hard > > drive. > > > > This is a page that shows up using google that says a > > bit as to what happens > > http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2000/computer.htm > > > > As to combat that, I do not know, some say use a > > Magnet and put it next to the hard drive that you want > > to be erased for good. By doing that according to > > some there is no way in the world that the FBI can get > > your data. I do not know how true the above statement > > is, but many people that know about computers have > > suggested this. > > > > Regards, > > > > Antonio > > > I tend to use a 5 lb hammer. Magnets are for sissies. > -- > ======================================================================= > If you have nothing to do, don't do it here. > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > A straight magnet can mess it up a bit, but I don't know about total erasure. Generally degaussing takes an AC field, such as that from the degausing strip around a TV set or monitor (you degause tube type monitors and tv's to keep the color guns from being biased and giving fringes around the images). And a hard disk drive is "saturation" type recording, and some of the new ones use a very deep form of recording that is different from the surface recording done on magnetic tape. So if you wish to degauss a drive (remove all forms of data including formatting and bad sector stuff), then a very high strength degaussing platform is needed. Or a 5 lb or heavier hammer applied with gusto to the platters seems to do a pretty thorough job, unless you are discussing state secrets or the next advent of computing. Regards, Les H
