Plextor to Launch Optical Media Eraser

Iria · Aug 4, 2006, 04:25 AM

Source: DailyTech
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There are those certain individuals out there that use optical media such as DVDs and CDs to store sensitive data and have the need to dispose of it in a secure manner without presenting or maintaining the risk of leaking any data.

When it comes time to dispose of that optical media many either take sheers to the plastic, crack the media in half with brute human force, or run it through a shredder designed for optical media. Well now there is another option to dispose of optical media which holds precious data.

Plextor will soon be launching the PlexEraser drive which will completely eradicate all signs of previously written data to any optical media out there. Generally a DVDRW or CDRW can be erased with a regular $40-$60 drive but for those with pressed discs or write-once media, the PlexEraser can be used to delete data on the disc and destroy the media forever in 6 minutes. If the PlexEraser drive is anything like the PlexEraser software included with many newer Plextor optical drives it will write over the Lead-in area and the data portion of the disc to rid the world of all things "my eyes only".

Tipstaff · Aug 4, 2006, 05:02 AM

Cool idea, but....

$100 (maybe) PlexEraser vs. $10 hand cranked shredder.

oooo.. I dunno....

pr0digal jenius · Aug 4, 2006, 05:15 AM

...or you could go skeet shooting.....

Aug 4, 2006, 04:25 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 76	Plextor to Launch Optical Media Eraser Source: DailyTech _________ There are those certain individuals out there that use optical media such as DVDs and CDs to store sensitive data and have the need to dispose of it in a secure manner without presenting or maintaining the risk of leaking any data. When it comes time to dispose of that optical media many either take sheers to the plastic, crack the media in half with brute human force, or run it through a shredder designed for optical media. Well now there is another option to dispose of optical media which holds precious data. Plextor will soon be launching the PlexEraser drive which will completely eradicate all signs of previously written data to any optical media out there. Generally a DVDRW or CDRW can be erased with a regular $40-$60 drive but for those with pressed discs or write-once media, the PlexEraser can be used to delete data on the disc and destroy the media forever in 6 minutes. If the PlexEraser drive is anything like the PlexEraser software included with many newer Plextor optical drives it will write over the Lead-in area and the data portion of the disc to rid the world of all things "my eyes only".

Aug 4, 2006, 05:02 AM	#2
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,693 Rep Power: 117 System Specs	Cool idea, but.... $100 (maybe) PlexEraser vs. $10 hand cranked shredder. oooo.. I dunno.... __________________ >><<

Aug 4, 2006, 05:15 AM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	...or you could go skeet shooting.....