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You gotta stop watching the Channel 5 rerun's of all his films tbhwesley said:haha, when i read the OP's post, first thing in my mind was Chuck Norris. how sad
.Been asked to "DESTROY" a hard disk drive... best method? ;o)
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sniper007 said:
That doesnt count... its a laptop hard disk!
Dropping it from a desk would have probably done it...
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You used the wrong side of the hammer tbhsniper007 said:
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How tall is your building? Go up to the roof, and chuck it down onto the car park. Should **** it up quite good. 
I also second the idea of sanding the platters. When I have a customer who need s disk "destroyed" I will often start with a hammer to open the drive up (or the afore mentioned high drop). Then rip each platter out and smack then real hard with a hammer and chisel. Deform them out of shape.
Then add some sand paper / acid / dynamite and it will become very hard to recover anything.
I also second the idea of sanding the platters. When I have a customer who need s disk "destroyed" I will often start with a hammer to open the drive up (or the afore mentioned high drop). Then rip each platter out and smack then real hard with a hammer and chisel. Deform them out of shape.
Then add some sand paper / acid / dynamite and it will become very hard to recover anything.
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anyone acctually made thermite and used it ?
i know its just iron oxide adn aluminuim, with a magnesium fuse... i heard if u put it on a car bonnet it will burn the the pavement... sounds like a good enough way to wreck a HDD lol... maybe the most " mad scientist" way atleast :>
i know its just iron oxide adn aluminuim, with a magnesium fuse... i heard if u put it on a car bonnet it will burn the the pavement... sounds like a good enough way to wreck a HDD lol... maybe the most " mad scientist" way atleast :>
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just get grinder and grind it or put it in block of concrete n chuck in river lol
or put it in block of concrete n chuck in river lol
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run windows ME on it
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i open them up and use the discs as tea coasters
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Made me LOL!Nixeh said:
If it were me, I'd have been tempted to sand it down.
Spin the baby up, and use the dremel's sanding bit to sand each platter down, one by one.
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Take it to C.E.R.N in Switzerland, put it on top of the particle accelerator there 
should do the trick
should do the trick
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Moeks said:12 bore at point blank should do the trick
If it's weaponry we're moving onto, I would recommend a thermonuclear device. Might want to warn the neigbours...
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Strapping it to a TND which is ready for use is always a good idea - 1 million degrees core temp should be enough to vapourise it when it goes boom.
I would however just take a sander to it first, then hack it up into about 20 pieces, scattering them every week across different parts of the country. Perhaps one in a street bin one week, another part buried in your garden, another in a McDonald's bin (I always wonder what happens to that stuff, perhaps they use it to power nuclear power stations?) and keep one bit as a part of a keyring. Chance of data recovery for anyone who will not spend their entire life searching for all the bits = approaching 0.
I would however just take a sander to it first, then hack it up into about 20 pieces, scattering them every week across different parts of the country. Perhaps one in a street bin one week, another part buried in your garden, another in a McDonald's bin (I always wonder what happens to that stuff, perhaps they use it to power nuclear power stations?) and keep one bit as a part of a keyring. Chance of data recovery for anyone who will not spend their entire life searching for all the bits = approaching 0.