[MarkL]

G=C800:5

might do the job.

Got any geeks out there?

Only on certain WD hard drive controllers. Then again, there's G=CC00:5 for others (IIRC, the WD-1006V series), and IIRC DTC controllers used an address of DC00:6.

Quick! What were the drive specs of a Seagate ST-251-1 (that was the fast drive: 40ms access!) 40MB drive? 820 x 6 x 17!

Do I qualify?

Mark

[Ramius]

I use "Eraser" for ordinary data destruction needs. It's 27-pass over-write with random data is probably good enough for most purposes.

But for company machines (laptops or desktops) that we dispose... we just don't take any chances. All hard drives are removed, and tossed in a box. Every now and then we bring in a commercial shredder truck (one that can handle metal objects) and toss the drives in.

All gone. :-)

[Poser]

"Only on certain WD hard drive controllers."

Congratulations. You are a certified computer geek (and an aging one at that).