[DM-MUG] destroying disk

[jlagnese]

Chris' ideas are more practical. I wouldn't waste a drill bit on a drive I am going to toss. 


On Jan 03, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Chris Tyrrell <tyrrell69 at gmail.com> wrote:

1) Whack it with a hammer to damage the case and destroy the integrity
of any seals.
2) Place it in a bucket or ziploc bag of salt water for a few days.
3) Toss it in the garbage. Unless the NSA or CIA has a reason to be
interested in you, nobody is going to attempt to recover data from
your damaged salty drive.



On 1/3/11, James Wu <james at gohaddock.com> wrote:
> As Karl stated, a drill press is a good way to go.
>
> If you don't have a drill press handy, simply dismantling the drive and
> removing the platters will make it extremely difficult to recover the data
> from the platters. If you want to go the extra mile, etching/scratching the
> platters after they have been removed from the drive should make it nigh
> impossible to pull data from the platters.
>
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