Plextor Readies CD, DVD Zapper

profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
edited August 2006 in Science & Tech
Want to make sure that the old discs you are discarding are unusable? Maybe you need one of these.
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Storage specialist Plextor has announced an external optical drive designed to delete all the data stored on a recordable or rewriteable DVD or CD - permanently. It does it quickly, too - single layer CD-R/RW and DVD±R/RW media take just three minutes to wipe, the company claimed.

Dubbed the PlexEraser PX-OE100E, the product's pitched at security conscious corporates who want to ensure that binned optical media don't contain confidential information that could be retrieved later on. Plextor's system zaps the organic dye layer, destroying any data the disc may contain and preventing any new information being written to it.
It is highly advised that all computer security technicians prepare themselves for the inevitable moment when Mabel in Accounting calls to ask why all of the critical backups she just "recorded" are unreadable.

Source: The Register

Comments

  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    I just throw them in a microwave for 5 seconds. :rarr:

    -drasnor :fold:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    Yeah, a paper shredder does the same thing... and it's faster.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    Yeah, tossing CDs in the nuker is more entertaining. Then I make lunch.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    paper shredder here.

    My mom would throw some important disc in there, trying to open it up...
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2006
    ...In related news, Plextor stock fell today on word that customers in its targeted market would prefer more sadistic methods of data erasure than their new PlexEraser PX-OE100E can provide. Three vice-presidents, along with the errand boy who pointed this out, have been given the sack.

    Updates to follow. :o
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    profdlp wrote:
    ...In related news, Plextor stock fell today on word that customers in its targeted market would prefer more sadistic methods of data erasure than their new PlexEraser PX-OE100E can provide. Three vice-presidents, along with the errand boy who pointed this out, have been given the sack.

    Updates to follow. :o

    are you serious?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    airbornflght wrote:
    are you serious?

    No.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    Thrax wrote:
    No.

    I thought so.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2006
    *Whistles quietly to himself
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