[Tfug] Destroying a hard drive

[Matt Jacob]

Very good suggestions everyone. Thanks!

People at work (this *is* for official work business, after all) have
all kinds of destructive equipment, so it looks like we're down to the
following:

a) Power drill with titanium bit (several holes, or until it stops being fun)
b) Oxy-acetylene torching to melt the platters together
c) Target practice w/Mossberg 500 Persuader and 12-ga slugs
d) Sledgehammer (self-explanatory)

We have 5 drives with client data on them, so maybe we'll try a couple
different methods to see which one yields the most entertainment
value. (FWIW, someone at work suggested using a "professional" data
destruction service, but that would completely negate the
aforementioned entertainment value.)

Pictures to follow in the next couple weeks...

On 9/7/07, Matthew Shucker <mshucker at arizona.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:40:44 -0700, Matt Jacob <matt.jacob at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > What's the best/easiest way to physically destroy a hard drive? I have
> > > some old drives that are completely dead, and thus, I can't use
> > > software such as Darik's Boot and Nuke to wipe them. I'm thinking that
> > > a couple holes with a power drill would do the trick, but security is
> > > the top priority here.
>
> Build something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yISqCAnROh8
>
> ... but with a more explosive target.
>
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