# What is hard drive degaussing?

Here is a short explanation of hard drive degaussing:  
[http://www.veritysystems.com/degaussers/whydegauss.asp](http://www.veritysystems.com/degaussers/whydegauss.asp)

Be very careful of SSC’s [Proton 8000](http://www.protondata.com/proton8000.htm)