Hard Drive destruction question?

[Martinjmpr]

Thanks for the input. Drilling seems to be the easiest/least messy option.

[brutal]

Yea, drilling.

My clients that don't want to use a data shredder, and even some that do, just drill them.

[<MADDOG>]

Magnet, then drill as above

[Irving]

Put it on Craigslist for $200 saying it has evidence against the Clinton's.




Is that joke worn out yet?

[BPTactical]

Drill them then throw them in a bucket of CocaCola. The Coke destroys the coating on the disc.

[cstone]

Risk management. How much risk does the data represent? How much effort are you willing to make? What are the odds anyone will find the disks? How much effort will they make to recover data?

If you are willing to take a small gamble you could just drop the disks into a few different plastic bags filled with food and pet waste. Drop them into the garbage at intervals. Very low effort and the odds of anyone finding and then being willing to work on recovery are pretty slim.

Of course there is always the seven pass overwrite with random characters followed by crushing with a hydraulic press, then steel shredder, and finally placed into a tank of mild acid.

Be safe.

[ray1970]

I still say just smash it with a hammer. Not only does a hammer really jack stuff up but you can relieve a little stress too.

My hammer of choose for wrecking stuff is a 40 oz crass peen.

[earplug]

Get some bored kids and the screw bits together and unscrew them. Someone might learn something.

[Gman]

I still say just smash it with a hammer. Not only does a hammer really jack stuff up but you can relieve a little stress too.

That's why I use them for targets. Better stress relief than a hammer, IMO.

[mb504]

Wrap them in a wire, apply DC current, turn them into an electromagnet.