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    Re: Damage hard drives !

    Hammer, or incinerate the platters.
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    Re: Damage hard drives !

    I unscrew the covers and hammer the platters.

    It's really satisfying. Plus, as a bonus, you get a really powerful magnet to play with afterwards.
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    Re: Damage hard drives !

    Open it up and apply blowtorch, its so pretty when they start glowing

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    Mother of God, I just got rid off 3 old ata drives by just throwing them out. Man of I forgot about the magnets in them

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    Re: Damage hard drives !

    Unless you need really secure data destruction, connect them up to an old PC (assuming you have one, and I do) and use software to do a secure, random over-write. It might be technically possible tor the CIA do get data back, but it'll be beyond the most people's capabilities.

    Failing that, it's disassembly and smashing of platters, for me. Or it would be if you hadn't already binned 'em, anyway.

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    Re: Damage hard drives !

    Wait for the binmen to visit, jump out of the bushes, throw the drives into the back of the wagon and leggit?

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