How to Degauss Hard Drive

According to Wikipedia, “Degaussing is the process of decreasing or eliminating an unwanted magnetic field.” For layman like us it would appear to be something big… so for our understanding, degauss is to erase data stored in magnetic media like floppy disk, hard drives and magnetic tapes.

The degaussing machines used for used for erasing the data. They are special machines which are quite expensive. In a hard drive these machines create reverse magnetic field that jumbles the data there in the disk & makes it illegible. This is considered as the most secured way of destroying the data from hard drives. These days there are many companies offering degauss machines available in the market. Some of the benefits of automatic degauss hard drives:

* Erases hard drives securely

* Both manual and remote control operation hard drives are available

* High speed for complete erasure

* Convenient tabletop design

How does a degausser work?

The hard disk is basically placed into the eraser. The lid is closed immediately. By pressing the degauss button, the command for erasing is given. The hard risk drives are completely exposed to the magnetic fields (level is very high). With less or no intervention (depending on needs of the machine), hard disk can be cleared.

Don’t worry your hard drive won’t be affected by this procedure. The computer won’t be able to recognize the computer. The impact of this erasure is strong enough that no reference orientation points.

Some people try to themselves degauss the hard drives themselves and at times damage the disk. This may delete important data which cannot be recovered at all. If you don’t want to degauss the hard disk yourself, then take the help of a company with the right machines