[clug] Hard disk destruction
Brendan Jurd
direvus at gmail.com
Tue Jun 30 01:44:10 GMT 2009
Hi CLUGers,
I have a "few" [1] hard disks that need to be destroyed in such a
manner as to make data recovery impossible.
I thought the esteemed members of this list might have some insight
into this problem, which after all, has a number of potentially
spectacular solutions =)
We tried putting a platter in the embers of a backyard fire, which
succeeded in making the platter glow red. This looked cool, and *may*
have ruined the data on the disk, but the disk was not even slightly
deformed and I didn't really feel like it was a sure thing.
I'm looking for more of a "nuke the site from orbit" style resolution.
Currently topping my list of things to try next is a flower pot full
of Al+Fe3O4 thermite.
Any other suggestions?
Cheers,
BJ
[1] http://swords.id.au/diskplatters.jpg
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