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Garner Products
10620 Industrial Ave.
Suite 100
Roseville, CA 95678 USA
Tel:
(800) 624-1903
Tel: (916) 784-0200
Fax: (916) 784-1425
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Degaussing
Service
Call Garner Products today
to have your tape & hard drives erased tomorrow!
1-800-624-1903
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Degaussing
Degaussing, also known as bulk erasing,
permanently removes all data, formatting
and control track information from tapes, hard drives and diskettes. A
strong focused magnetic field envelopes the media changing the magnetic
properties of the entire data area in seconds. Degaussing erases
working and non-working media ensuring proper data security before re-use or
disposal.
Meets
HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and GLBA
requirements.
Destruction
To further enhance the security of
your data, Garner offers physical hard drive destruction after degaussing.
While degaussing permanently erases the hard drive, the hard drive is not
visually altered making it impossible to identify degaussed media from
non-degaussed media. Physical destruction will bend the hard drive in
half, giving the visual identification necessary to positively identify hard
drives that have been properly sanitized. In addition, physical
destruction will guarantee that nobody tries to recover the data.
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Service |
Price |
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Degaussing |
$2.00 each + shipping,
$30.00 minimum. |
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Degaussing & Destruction |
$5.00 each +
shipping,
$30.00 minimum. |
$30.00 minimum order
Prices do not include shipping. |
Ready to send in your Tapes and Hard Drives?
Please
click here to download the form that must
accompany your order.
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If you have DLT tapes that are not able to be recorded on, chances are they need
to be degaussed. The formatting needs to be removed and using the "erase" function on the tape drive
does not erase the old formatting. The only way to remove the formatting is by degaussing the media.
Degaussing
of the media consists of passing
the media through a strong alternating magnetic field. The
alternating magnetic field removes all magnetic patterns from the
tape, thus eliminating all data and formatting. The degaussing process ensures the user that their next recording
will be at its best.
DLT specific issues:
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Information taken from the HP website
HP Surestore DLT drives - Degaussing used DLT IV tape media
HP
Surestore DLT1 drives only read and write to new DLT IV tapes.
DLT1 drives cannot overwrite tapes written by other DLT drives
(i.e. DLT40, 80), even when the tapes are erased, the format
will remain on the tape.
In
order to reuse media written in other formats, degauss the media
properly, as DLT4000 format written by DLT40/70/80 drives
saturate the media magnetically more than the Thin Film/MR head
used in DLT1 can. Although media that is inadequately degaussed
may still be accepted by the DLT1, residual data will likely
cause poor performance and high error rates.
Why will DLT1 not overwrite DLT
4000 format media unless I degauss the media?
DLT 4000 format written by DLT 4000/7000/8000 drives "saturates"
the media magnetically more than the thin film/MR head used in DLT1.
It is possible that in the course of overwriting, some of the
residual DLT 4000 format will interfere with the new DLT1 format,
causing higher error rates or inability to read the new DLT1
format.
Degaussing is a process of "randomizing" the magnetic
particles (or dipoles) that are embedded in the media formulation --
effectively restoring the media to a "virgin" state. Degaussing is
also sometimes called bulk erasing. Erasing a tape is not the same
as degaussing as the format itself will still be resident on the
tape.
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A recent "Technical Support" document from Fujifilm stated that
"... after proper degaussing, the quality of subsequent data recording should be unchanged or even improved."
Here's what other Companies are saying about degaussing tape.
IBM
Fuji (Fujifilm Computer Products) - Lists tape formats coercivity and degaussing
details.
Garner Products has been manufacturing degaussers for the magnetic media industry for over
42 years. Many of our degaussers are being used in magnetic media manufacturing and testing facilities.
Garner Products
degaussing service uses the same type of Garner Products degaussers used in the manufacturing process to completely erase
your audio, video & data tapes, diskettes & hard drives.
CAUTION
Garner Products degaussing service will erase all data from hard drives including the control track information
leaving the hard drive unusable.
Degaussing your media:
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Increases data security.
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Reduced data errors on backup tapes.
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Eliminates computer viruses.
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Saves money by recycling or reusing media.
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Prevents
previous recordings from being seen, heard or
retrieved.
Ready to send your tapes? Please
click here to download the form that must
accompany your order.
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Service |
Price |
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Degaussing |
$2.00 each + shipping,
$30.00 minimum. |
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Degaussing & Destruction |
$5.00 each +
shipping,
$30.00 minimum. |
$30.00 minimum order
Prices do not include shipping. |
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