Unfortunately, this information is not correct. FDISK only marks the
partition geometry without writing anywhere else on the disk. It is possible
to run FDISK to repartition the hard drive, then run it again to reset the
partition back to what it was before. The information it contained is often
perfectly readable again! I have done this on several occasions. The best
way to "destroy" the information is to writ over it. There are utilities to
do this and they have already been mentioned in earlier posts.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> Ken;
> Because the data on a Hardrive is magnetically stored in 
> fixed locations, the data can only be removed by a magetic 
> destroying device.
> 
> Since FDISK arranges the fixed locations where data is 
> stored, every new FDISK operation rearranges the fixed 
> locations of data storage- hence making previous data 
> unreadable.  However, the magnetic data is still there, just 
> unreadable for the common computer system.
> 
> So for most practical conditions, FDISK will "destory" data. 
> In my opinion, one can fdisk a Hard Drive with out fear of 
> the data being reproduced.
> 
> There are programs that can write numbers to the Harddrive 
> until the data is just garbage and unreadable and unless such 
> a program is used, the magnetically stored data can be always 
> be read. (such as by the CIA, FBI & ect.)
> 
> Mike michel

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