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@redesigned wrote: beep54orama: It is just that there is no license to write down. Windows 10 never even asks for one and possibly never will. However, the machine itself is recognized in the cloud as...
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@redesigned wrote: TobinL: et rid of all usable data on the disk but a bit more drastic than a low level format. that type of software gets rid of data by doing pattern writes over the data, which is...
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@LDoBe wrote: At work we just use one of these. By the time we decommission machines, the harddisks have so many bad sectors and operating hours that we just write off the HDD altogether: Big magnets...
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@TobinL wrote: Oh man for the secure stuff, 7 passes of random 1's and 0's, then dropped some number of times through a special magnet, then shredded. Talk about overkill. Read full topic
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@LDoBe wrote: Usually we just run the drive twice through the electromagnet. It goes bang a few times. I opened a drive up once out of curiosity and that magnet's pulse literally delaminated all the...
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@TobinL wrote: Wow thats actually pretty awesome. Read full topic
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@LDoBe wrote: I don't go within 10 meters of the thing if it's running. I don't want to have to buy a new cellphone. Read full topic
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@slybevel wrote: bibulb: "Apple tax" is largely a myth I dispute that claim. Ref: Android Tablet vs. iPad price, (Any roughly equivalent model) Read full topic
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@slybevel wrote: LDoBe: what that thing does to a straightened out steel paperclip. What does it do? Read full topic
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@japhroaig wrote: Thank FSM I am not the only one that remembers. Read full topic
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@slybevel wrote: Former enterprise class employer was too cheap to get a drive wiper. The solution was to make me sign a document for each drive that I have received it and would destroy it, and then...
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@japhroaig wrote: In general I am a tad apprehensive with firearms, but this seems to fit into the class of Perfect. Use. Of. Bullets. If someone can piece together those platters, you are dealing...
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@slybevel wrote: japhroaig: If someone can piece together those platters, you are dealing with a superior force that has more than just your hard drives. That's exactly the way I see it. An incomplete...
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@slybevel wrote: Holy shit, that's cool. Reminds me of the quarter shrinking machine this guy made. Read full topic
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@LDoBe wrote: That's just a rough simulation. The knot is much tighter when it really goes through the machine. Read full topic
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@ficuswhisperer wrote: Holy hell, this is cool. I'd love to replace my PCs garbage bios with something like this. Read full topic
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@crenquis wrote: Using a corporate refurb lenovo tank right now... Read full topic
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@slybevel wrote: Probably more current than what I'm running. Read full topic
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@bibulb wrote: Yeah, at that point, we start getting into utility discussions - when I started seeing cheap Android tablets that didn't have things like Bluetooth, that was what killed me on that....
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@slybevel wrote: bibulb: cheap Android tablets that didn't have things like Bluetooth About 90 days ago, my daughter bought a tablet on Amazon with a 9" screen where the bezel and whole case are...
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@redesigned wrote: bibulb: the received wisdom that Apple products are overly expensive for what those products are is not really borne out these days. @bibulb I respectfully disagree... @slybevel...
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@redesigned wrote: The worst thing about these Lenovo laptops is that they still haven't worked out all the bugs... Read full topic
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@shaddack wrote: TobinL: Oh man for the secure stuff, 7 passes of random 1's and 0's, then dropped some number of times through a special magnet, then shredded. Talk about overkill. I did a data...
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