Disposing old hard drives

[speardane]

I hear microwaves destroy them ... no that's the tv (don't do this at home...)

[peterb]

I hear microwaves destroy them ... no that's the tv (don't do this at home...)

Putting one in a microwave oven would almost certainly destroy the electronics - but not necessarily the data recorded on the platters! (And it wouldn't do the microwave oven much good either )

[Fraz]

I hear microwaves destroy them ... no that's the tv (don't do this at home...)

Lightbulbs in microwave ovens FTW.