Why not just continue using the degausser for data destruction on electronic media?
The degausser works well for its intended purpose. But we’ve found that we have needs that go beyond what the degausser can do. The degausser was not meant for mass destruction of large numbers of magnetic media. We’ve seen people bring boxes full of hard drives to the Communicore to degauss prior to disposal, and it takes a very long time. It works fine for a small number of hard drives, and as mentioned above for hard drives that you need to return to the manufacturer in order to exercise the warranty. But if you have to degauss floppies, or a large number of hard disks, you will find the degausser somewhat of a challenge. Finally, the degausser does not work on optical media such as CDs and DVDs.
