secure data erasing

[Payne Freret]

 9:49 am Wed 7 Dec 2005

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote
> If you find a degausser strong enough to erase the disk
> data then you will also be erasing the tracking track's
> information, the spares / bad-block data, and perhaps the
> drive's second-stage firmware.  Save yourself the trouble
> and hit it with the big hammer.

Whatever is wrong with erasing tracking information, spare data blocks,
and even the drive's second-stage firmaware if the alternative is to
crush the drive with a big hammer?

PF