VMS Drive Cleanup Assist

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/26/2005 at 11:49 AM Erik Klein wrote:

>The question is: how do I clean the drives completely without any real
>chance of data being recovered?  The only other option would be to leave
>the drives behind so they can be crushed.

If there is/was sensitive data on the drives and I were in the management
decision-making position, there's no way I'd let those drives out of the
door intact, no matter what anyone told me about being able to erase them.
The logic is pretty obvious--what do I have to gain by letting the drives
out assuming they've been cleared and what do I stand to lose by letting
them go if they aren't?

Maybe management will let you raid some of the drive electronics.  But
they'd be silly to take the chance of letting you out of the door with
information that could damage the firm.

I know how it feels.  CDC had the policy of destroying anything that
reached end-of-life.  I watched two CE's take a week to completely demolish
two STAR 1-Bs (I snatched a heatsink out of the dumpster after they'd
finished).  

Cheers,
Chuck