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To: d:oug who wrote (37948)11/18/2003 11:50:14 AM
From: Esteban  Respond to of 110653
 
Doug,

Yes, I was referring to hard drives. For floppies what is sometimes referred to as a low level format could just be a regular format, as opposed to a quick format. Neither securely erases the data on floppies. I don't know how to securely erase the data on a floppy other than with software designed for that purpose.

Just wanted to point out that low level format does erase the data on a hard drive, without the need for special secure erasing software.

Esteban