destroying info on old harddrives

[fixitman04]

i have 7 old harddrives that came from my last 7 computers. i have deleted all the info on them, but i dont want to just throw them out as i dont want to chance somebody recovering any info off them.

what is the best way to ensure that no info can ever be recovered from them?:1zhelp:

 

[IJ.]

I use a big ass Welding Magnet and give it a few passes over the platters..

 

[GrimJack]

I use a 16 pound sledgehammer.

 

[mattsplat72]

Kill it with fire......

 

[SupraMario]

I use a 16 pound sledgehammer.

Cheapest and funnest way....

 

[Kai]

Thermite. It's easier to make than you think...

 

[SupraMario]

Thermite. It's easier to make than you think...

LOL, do that here in the states and you will get thrown on a terrorist watch list.

NSA made science stuff not fun...

 

[Kai]

iron filings and aluminium filings and magnesium strip = terrorism?

 

[SupraMario]

iron filings and aluminium filings and magnesium strip = terrorism?

You would be surprised...

 

[aye mate]

I agree with Grim.

 

[7Matt-GE]

explosives slegehammers microwaves acid what ever you like!

 

[Letsride]

Eagle one self etching wheel cleaner and a container large enought to hold the drive = data permanently gone

 

[TomFraser]

A) No one is going to go through the trouble of recovering your data

B) Lockheed Martin destroys hard drives by drilling a hole through it. 3/8 hole through the disks is the cleanest, simplest, and most effective way to do it.

 

[Who]

Cement shoes

 

[Poodles]

Actually thermite is 100% legal to have

Why would you throw out hard drives? They're actually pretty stable storage devices to keep around as long as they're stored correctly (compared to burned CD's at least).

If they're SATA, set up a raid array for fun.




Or of course, disassemble and use the platters as skeet.

 

[SupraMario]

A) No one is going to go through the trouble of recovering your data

B) Lockheed Martin destroys hard drives by drilling a hole through it. 3/8 hole through the disks is the cleanest, simplest, and most effective way to do it.

LOL, I have friends who would go to the thrift store to buy old PCs to get peoples data.

Don't say no one, we are out there.

Yes I admit I used to do this stuff for fun, just to see how much I could get, never spent anything or caused any damage, but there are people who will.

 

[TomFraser]

LOL, I have friends who would go to the thrift store to buy old PCs to get peoples data.

I assumed he would be putting them in a wastebasket which would end up in a landfill. If sending it to a thrift store then do a 5220-22 M standard format (7 pass erase) and no one will get any data off of it without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars

 

[SupraMario]

I assumed he would be putting them in a wastebasket which would end up in a landfill. If sending it to a thrift store then do a 5220-22 M standard format (7 pass erase) and no one will get any data off of it without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars

dumpster diving is common. LOL I wouldn't do it but yea....I just don't trust throwing it away and I've got all of my old harddrives, I know the extent people will go to get it.

 

[fixitman04]

exactly supramario, and who do you think likely works at a dump? i dont trust anybody. i guarantee that there is some extent of scavenging at the landfill.

 

[SupraMario]

exactly supramario, and who do you think likely works at a dump? i dont trust anybody. i guarantee that there is some extent of scavenging at the landfill.

Yep, and all it takes is for some script kiddie to go to the local dump and tell the poor dump guy that he will pay him a dollar a drive and Viola tons of drives...