What are the programs for "magnetization" of hard drives?

Question

Hard disks

There is information that is stored on the hard drive, over time, the hard drive plates lose their magnetization.
Can you please tell me what programs are there that perform the function of overwriting information on disks?

Answer 1

When there is no influence of negative external factors, information can be stored on hard drives for a very long time.
If the disk is actively used, then it is more likely that it will fail in some way, or the magnetic surface of the plates will begin to degrade (not demagnetize, namely, become unusable), than changes in magnetization will begin to occur.
If suddenly you are still worried about this, then you can do the following:

• "Move data" manually - create copies of important folders on the same disk, delete the old copy, save the new one. Or transfer important data to another medium and back (making sure that the second medium is in perfect order and there will be no loss);
  
• From time to time, run reading tests, for example, in R.tester (details can be made to the maximum - you will see all the details).
  

And in a good way, if you have any data that is important to you, then they should be stored in at least two copies. Better yet, three. Backups will allow you to forget about various demagnetizations.
PS
By the way, things are radically different with SSDs, it's not worth storing anything on them "in a desk drawer" for a long time.

Answer 2

Oh, those fairy tales. Oh, those storytellers
. Before this happens, the mechanical part of the disk will fail.
In general, a question like "there is information" ( where? Scientific article, technical article, grannies at the entrance, personally observed how the magnetic monopole dumped containment areas )
should include a link to sources of information. And then I can also tell you how chickens are milked in Africa.

Answer 3

And why do you need it? You will most likely die by the time you need to do this, or you simply won’t have anywhere to stick a disk, just like the disks are now stalemate, I have the information intact and there’s nowhere to stick

Answer 4

HDD - regenerator old program, works from under DOS.
HDD Regenerator
HDD Regenerator is an easy-to-use program that restores bad sectors of hard drives using a special remagnetization algorithm, which, according to the developer, allows you to recover almost 60% of damaged hard drives. ... Detection of physical damage on the disk surface.25 Oct. 2016

Answer 5

The approach is incomprehensible. To ensure the reliability of storage - a backup on several disks, to different places, the principle of 3-2-1, if necessary - geographic redundancy.