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Mangia
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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 14:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Other than physically destroying the disk, is there a way to make the data on cd or dvd media to be destroyed? Is it true, a black magic marker over the disk would accomplish that? Is there any software capable of making it unreadable?

thank you for your time

mangia
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JoeRyan
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_ 		2. August 2007 @ 08:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The disc has to be destroyed, either by cracking it or scratching of a large section of lacquer/reflective area. A reading laser focuses below the black magic marks and may be able to pick up some data. There is no software capable of making a disc unreadable because the discs have been finalized, meaning nothing more can be added.
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Mangia
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_ 		2. August 2007 @ 09:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you for the response. I guess some serious scratching of the disk is best.

Thanks again,

mangia
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