Getting rid of a hard drive

SteveDallas · 02-17-2009, 01:46 PM

At my workplace we generally just run Darik's Boot & Nuke. But I admit that the "shredder" is very cool. And there's a certain appeal to putting in a small shooting gallery back behind the Help Desk.

http://lifehacker.com/5154818/hard-d...reme-prejudice

TheMercenary · 02-17-2009, 02:08 PM

Cool. I hate trying to destroy them. I mannually have removed three from desk tops and then took them apart and tried to cut them, burn them, bend them back and forth til they broke, all without success, and eventually just threw them in the trash. It would take a lot of work to physically put them back in order to read unless you were really determined. But I am sure it could be done.

mbpark · 02-17-2009, 03:18 PM

DBAN works wonders. It's the best utility for this out there that's available to the general public.

If you really want to cause damage, take them apart and grind the platters with sandpaper.

TheMercenary · 02-17-2009, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbpark

DBAN works wonders. It's the best utility for this out there that's available to the general public.

If you really want to cause damage, take them apart and grind the platters with sandpaper.

Never thought of that one! Hell I tried everything else. I even considered taking them over to the guy in EOD and letting them put a little det cord on them or maybe some c-4 for grins.

metal grinder, added to list.

Pie · 02-17-2009, 04:54 PM

Drop them from a very tall building? Most platters won't stand more than a few g's.

tw · 02-17-2009, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

Drop them from a very tall building? Most platters won't stand more than a few g's.

Disk drives in the days of IBM PC-AT were rated at 6 g's. Todays disk drives are rated in the vicinity of 40 g's.

zippyt · 02-17-2009, 09:03 PM

.44 mag

mbpark · 02-17-2009, 09:04 PM

Like I said, the belt sander works best

. They can recover data from hard drives from laptops from crashed airplanes.

Crimson Ghost · 02-17-2009, 11:51 PM

1/4 inch diamond carbide drill bits.
Holes spaced 1/2 inch apart.

Or:

Thermite.

Or:

Drill one hole, fill with sulphuric acid CAREFULLY!!!

Or:

A ball mill, if you have access to one.

Or:

Place hard drive on wood block, balanced on edge.
Use MONSTER MAUL™.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-18-2009, 01:04 AM

Why not just melt it?

toranokaze · 02-18-2009, 10:37 AM

Thermite will melt it.

or you can file off the bearing it works the best from what I have seen.

glatt · 02-18-2009, 10:46 AM

make them into wind chimes

Undertoad · 02-18-2009, 11:23 AM

Use a torx t10 bit to open the outer case.

LabRat · 02-18-2009, 11:58 AM

Shred it, baby!!1

dar512 · 02-18-2009, 12:07 PM

And then they will dump the scrap and the lead and heavy metals in the circuit boards will leach into our groundwater.

02-17-2009, 01:46 PM	#1
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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Cool. I hate trying to destroy them. I mannually have removed three from desk tops and then took them apart and tried to cut them, burn them, bend them back and forth til they broke, all without success, and eventually just threw them in the trash. It would take a lot of work to physically put them back in order to read unless you were really determined. But I am sure it could be done. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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02-17-2009, 11:51 PM	#9
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	1/4 inch diamond carbide drill bits. Holes spaced 1/2 inch apart. Or: Thermite. Or: Drill one hole, fill with sulphuric acid *CAREFULLY!!!* Or: A ball mill, if you have access to one. Or: Place hard drive on wood block, balanced on edge. Use MONSTER MAUL™. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

02-17-2009, 03:18 PM	#3
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	DBAN works wonders. It's the best utility for this out there that's available to the general public. If you really want to cause damage, take them apart and grind the platters with sandpaper.

02-17-2009, 09:04 PM	#8
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Like I said, the belt sander works best . They can recover data from hard drives from laptops from crashed airplanes.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why not just melt it? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-18-2009, 10:37 AM	#11
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Thermite will melt it. or you can file off the bearing it works the best from what I have seen. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	make them into wind chimes

02-18-2009, 11:23 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Use a torx t10 bit to open the outer case.

02-18-2009, 11:58 AM	#14
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Shred it, baby!!1 __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

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dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	And then they will dump the scrap and the lead and heavy metals in the circuit boards will leach into our groundwater. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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