Date   : Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:47:14 -0000
From   : profpep@... (Mike Pepper)
Subject: 5.25" DSDD / QD (96tpi) Floppy Disks

> Mike Pepper wrote:
>
>> I expect a couple of passes with an old disc drive actuator magnet might
>> have the same effect on making them unusable - might be worth a try,
>> because
>> it is certainly faster.
>
> Unreadable or unusable? If the floppy disks would forever be damaged and
> prone of R/W errors even after a reformat, they're not much use of anyway.
> ;-)
>
Thanks for that Anders - The ones we bulk erased certainly were re-usable, I 
though a scramble with a permanent magnet might do the same - I'll cross 
that off the list then.

If we were told to destroy them, then they went through a shredder, with a 
witness.

Mike