[Tfug] Destroying a hard drive

erich erich1 at copper.net
Sat Sep 8 09:03:53 MST 2007


OK,
     Get yourself a set of TORX drivers. T5 - T15 is fine, Then just
unscrew
them. Get the platters out and hang them up. There is little incentive to
"unscramble the eggs in a omlette" :-).  Unless you have secrets on
there on how to destroy the universe.

                                                                              
Erich

Matt Jacob 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.
>
>Matt
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