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    Default Hard Drive destruction question?

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gman View Post
    That's why I use them for targets. Better stress relief than a hammer, IMO.
    A good use of those steel core bullets

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    Get some bored kids and the screw bits together and unscrew them. Someone might learn something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by earplug View Post
    Get some bored kids and the screw bits together and unscrew them. Someone might learn something.
    This is what I did. I paid my son a small amount per drive to disassemble and remove the platters. Mostly so he could work with his hands and see the inside of a computer. We also hooked it up to power once the cover was off, which was kinda fun for him to see too.

    Side note, I have a "ball" of drive magnets (with the corner brackets still attached) about the size of a basketball. I was trying to decide if I'm going to mess with removing the brackets or just toss the lot in the trash. LOL.
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    Wrap them in a wire, apply DC current, turn them into an electromagnet.
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    Steel core doesn't matter. Most desktop drives run with a cast aluminum chassis and sheet steel covers. Anything in a center-fire rifle will usually zip through them. Punches a clean hole through and the platters are tiny little pieces inside. Do 2 and you have a set of...
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    What, no office space meme yet?

    For a bunch a tech nerds, you guys are a big disappointment. Hand in your stapler.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
    What, no office space meme yet?

    For a bunch a tech nerds, you guys are a big disappointment. Hand in your stapler.
    If we were talking about printers, I'd share your disappointment.

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    That's a lot of magnets.....

    I wonder if they could be used for a school project or something. They form a magnetic circuit, with the corner brackets attached, as opposed to a simple north-south pole 'dumb' fridge-magnet.

    Good opportunity to learn some physics.

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