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Article #20690reinitializing disks
From: Steve Neruda
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 14:31
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 14:31
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A better way to make disks reinitializable for demonstration purposes would be to use either a bulk eraser or very strong magnetic. With a bulk eraser you could do it much quicker and with much less wear and tear on you mac than rebooting it in the middle of an erase. Radio shack sells such a beast. Here at OSU we have also used the little plate that the librarian uses to 'unprotect' books so they won't set off the alarm. It dosen't really erase it but it sure does scramble the signals well enough. -steve neruda
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!neruda From: neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: reinitializing disks Message-ID: <668@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: Fri, 23-Oct-87 09:31:09 EST Article-I.D.: tut.668 Posted: Fri Oct 23 09:31:09 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 18:22:11 EST Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science Lines: 10