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Recovery data after 57+ formats - fact or fiction??

Subject: Recovery data after 57+ formats - fact or fiction??
Date: 24 Oct 2006 21:12:39 -0000
I am looking for an article I read sometime between 2002 and 2005. The content 
discussed how a research lab (maybe MIT or another large tech university) was 
able to recover data from a hard drive after over 50 formats (or it may have 
been data overwrites or even a combination of both) (I seem to remember the key 
number as 57 "deletion" operations). I think the article mentioned the use of a 
scanning electron microscope, magnetic force scanning, or something similar or 
more high-tech. This might have been published to a tech Web news site or a 
tech e-mail newsletter. I've searched for hours and I can't seem to locate it 
again. 

In my search I've come across numerous papers and articles about how this 
recovery concept is not possible. So, it may have been a figment of my 
imagination, a hoax, or misleading news reporting. 

In any case, I really only need to hear from those of you who know the location 
of this specific article rather than rebutals to the possibility of the topic.

I appreciate any assistance provided.
- James Michael Stewart

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