Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 75.83.199.228]
on May 30, 2008 05:58 PM
I had occasion last weekend to dispose of a hard drive that contained years of e-mails, financial transactions, etc. Here's what I did:
Drilled through the platter stack (yeah, an old drive!) with a 3/8" drill bit, in each of 4 quadrants
Put platter stack into a gas grille, on "Pre-heat" (it's highest setting - about 750 degrees F) for a half-hour
Dropped hot platter stack into a bucket of cold water to quench.
Pounded the platter stack well out of "true" with a hammer, which broke apart the hub and "unstacked" the platters
Tossed into recycle bin.
Think that was sufficient?
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 75.83.199.228] on May 30, 2008 05:58 PMDrilled through the platter stack (yeah, an old drive!) with a 3/8" drill bit, in each of 4 quadrants
Put platter stack into a gas grille, on "Pre-heat" (it's highest setting - about 750 degrees F) for a half-hour
Dropped hot platter stack into a bucket of cold water to quench.
Pounded the platter stack well out of "true" with a hammer, which broke apart the hub and "unstacked" the platters
Tossed into recycle bin.
Think that was sufficient?
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