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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4237)11/17/1998 2:55:00 AM
From: Kansas George  Respond to of 10072
 
I had and 8mm video tape I wanted to completely erase without running through my video camera. Used to repair TV's and had this CRT degauser. This thing has a very strong magnetic field, a loop about a foot in diameter, made my lights dim when I turned it on. Tried to degauss my tape but it didn't erase the tape, no matter how hard I tried. This was talked about on this thread over a year ago, and no, You can't erase the disk easily.



To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4237)11/17/1998 10:01:00 AM
From: Gottfried  Respond to of 10072
 
Cheeky, OTOT *** floppy erasure ***
I passed a kitchen magnet repeatedly across a disk touching the
plastic casing. Norton Disk Doctor tested the floppy afterwards
and found no damage. Point: it takes a stronger or closer magnet
to erase data. We've done this test here before. That doesn't
mean you can't erase with a magnet - just that it has to be very
strong or close.

re >I have been using magnetic media for 25+ years<
I'm disappointed you're not a kid. <G>

G.


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