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Wiping cd-r/rw and dvdr/rw media
It looks like those shredders that take on optical media nor the physical scraping of the reflective surface is enough for some.... Plextor will be marketing a drive designed to wipe optical media (c…
It looks like those shredders that take on optical media nor the physical scraping of the reflective surface is enough for some.... Plextor will be marketing a drive designed to wipe optical media (cd-r/rw dvd+-r/rw single or dual layer.) It essentially fries the colored dye on the disc and it seems that it would be very difficult to reconstruct anything from the results.