Demagnetising?? Not sure how it is done.
Brigid Venables
University of Adelaide
Australia
Katy Thomas wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have recently come across some floppy discs that need destroying but I
> remember some IT bod telling me that breaking the disc in half does not
> stop someone retrieving the information held on it if they really wanted
> to. I too would be interested to see what possibilities there are for
> destroying such material.
>
> Katy Thomas
> Records Manager
> University of Wales, Aberystwyth
>
> > Dear all
> >
> > Is there an accepted way of ensuring confidential disposal of modern media
> > such as back-up tapes, floppy disks and CD-ROMs? We can obviously destroy
> > them as best we can by snapping disks in half, mangling the magnetic tape,
> > etc., but would be interested to hear if there is a universally adopted
> > approach.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Caroline Sampson
> > Warwickshire County Record Office
> >
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