Erasing CD-RW

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  1. rubberducky

    rubberducky Registered Member

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    How secure is it to full erase a CD-RW with software like ROXIO? Is CD-RW more or less vulnerable than a hard drive?
     
    rubberducky, Mar 12, 2009
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    SteveTX Registered Member

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    Microwave for 10 seconds.
     
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    Z32 Registered Member

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    Don't forget the s&p Steve...critical step :D


    Don't think I'll ever try it, but it's good to know.
     
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    Full erase implies that the drive actually erases every spot on the disk, although if I wanted to be sure the previous data were completely gone (short of microwaving) I'd write a disk image that occupied the entire capacity of the CD-RW.
     
    reparsed, Mar 14, 2009
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