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Nordic · 05-22-2002, 02:43 PM

The explanation I got was:
A professional degausser/eraser works with fluctuating magnetic fields but the purpose of that is to totally randomize the data. The effect of applying a static magnetic field is that you would be able to distinguish recorded data easier as some parts of the media were probably already aligned with the tape but the parts that weren't will still differ slightly (less and less the stronger the field).

(translated to english from swedish)

05-22-2002, 02:43 PM	#8
Nordic Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Umeå, Sweden Posts: 98	The explanation I got was: A professional degausser/eraser works with fluctuating magnetic fields but the purpose of that is to totally randomize the data. The effect of applying a static magnetic field is that you would be able to distinguish recorded data easier as some parts of the media were probably already aligned with the tape but the parts that weren't will still differ slightly (less and less the stronger the field). (translated to english from swedish) __________________ Pump:Eheim 1048, Radiator:LPD radiator 100x150x20mm, CPU block:DD Maze-2, GPU block: DD GPU block, Chipset block:Zalman NB32 AMD XP 1500+, EpoX 8K7A, PoV GF3Ti200 Pic of my YY-cube