Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 72.74.123.147]
on May 30, 2008 12:15 PM
Where we work, we have some special requirements for disposing of disks. When a customer sends a disk back a couple of things happen.
1. We test the disk to see if it's really bad (sometimes customers screw up) If it's not bad, we immediately run DBAN on it and put the drive back into the "refurbished" lot (it's unlawful to resell used equipment as new)
2. If the disk is bad, we have a device with a pneumatic ram that drives a steel spike at high speed through the platters shattering them. (we've opened a drive that's been "made safe" and it's ugly!
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 72.74.123.147] on May 30, 2008 12:15 PM1. We test the disk to see if it's really bad (sometimes customers screw up) If it's not bad, we immediately run DBAN on it and put the drive back into the "refurbished" lot (it's unlawful to resell used equipment as new)
2. If the disk is bad, we have a device with a pneumatic ram that drives a steel spike at high speed through the platters shattering them. (we've opened a drive that's been "made safe" and it's ugly!
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