Machine to wipe lots of hdd's fast?

Just unscrew the covers and poke it inside with a screwdriver and hammer, then frisbee the platters anywhere you like. Keep the magnets. They are excellent.
 
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Found this. probably a lot easier than using a PC and software to do it anyway, although only good if you want to sell on or reuse the hard drives I guess as it costs money.
 
Probably easier to get a cheapy 2nd hand laptop with external drive bay.

Connect a drive and do a full format for each one..

are u expecting a visit from Microsoft Sam or the FBI? :p
 
Well I now have one less drive to try out that software I've got on, my 4 year old 80GB maxtor ata-133 decided to emit some smoke this morning, one of the chips on the pcb has burnt out, nasty smell when it happened too!
 
i work for the nhs as a techie and here we go through around 100pcs a week so to wipe all these hds we have a mod standerd hd wiping machine it does 8 at a time but takes around 12 hours per lot

plus the machine is like 600 quid so maybe not a option for the op lol
 
How sentitive is sentitive? If its work related get a 3rd party in to destroy them. If they are yours cant you just throw them hard on the floor or something?
 
Sledgehammer? Thats what I used a while back. 1 swipe and it wasn't in any state to be used again.

Out of all the different make hard drives Maxtors were the only ones to end up in 1000 different pieces. The others just bent.
 
cool, right well looks like a dedicated machine that wipes drives is whats called for. either that or the shredder \o/ i would love that but would spend ost my day shredding things :S
 
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