Multiple laptop HD wiping

Originally Posted by CopperMiner

Is using a electromagnet would work to wipe HDD?

You can't use a magnet for a truly secure wipe. The magnet is a scrambler and a strong enough one will cause irrepadable drive malfunctions but not necessarily erase the data. You need to securely wipe them or damage the platters to satisfy data destruction standards.

Thanks everyone. I wipe the drives using blancco as that is what my customer demands. I then resell them giving the customer a rebate. Blancco usually takes about 1hr to completely wipe a hdd half that for a ssd. At the moment I line 10 laptops up on a long desk linked to an internet switch as you need that for blancco to connect to the management console for your reporting system. Just wondered if I could maybe streamline the process with closed lids laptops ontop of each other with 1 monitors to check progress.
Thanks everyone