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CYF · 08-03-2009, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelAfterlife

put it in the microwave!

Go ahead and put metal in your microwave

rowan · 08-03-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Smokieflame

what you have to hide so bad you need it destroyed is my question?

If he told you that he'd have to kill you

Zero fill or secure erase should be sufficient protection for most non paranoid and/or law abiding citizens.

PiffStenis · 08-03-2009, 10:18 PM

Stick it in the oven for a while. Or BBQ it.

CYF · 08-03-2009, 10:43 PM

Some of the answers in this thread are just hilarious.

If you want the data gone for good, this is the process:

1. Wipe the drive with a secure wipe program
2. Take the drive apart and drill holes in the platters
3. fuck up the platter surface with a grinder
4. throw the platters away in different dumpster

Or, use a hard drive shredder.

Water won't do it, the oven won't do it, and you don't want to put metal platters in your microwave

Jarmusch · 08-03-2009, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smokieflame

what you have to hide so bad you need it destroyed is my question?

Really, the OP sounds like something pedobear would ask

VeriSexy · 08-04-2009, 12:51 AM

Soak it in salt water then smash it to pieces

cam_girls · 08-04-2009, 02:11 AM

if its only a few GB then copy windows directory, paste, paste, paste, paste, drive full, data gone.

to make extra sure, put a sticker on it that says "John Travolta home porno"

psili · 08-13-2009, 09:08 PM

I was searching for a magnetic knife rack today and came across a DIY article on using magnets from a hard drive to build one (which somehow reminded me of this thread, as I have a bunch of old hard drives as well):

http://www.instructables.com/id/EQ4MZBNFDJEV2ZJ2UJ/

So I went out and bought a knife rack, then came home and started pulling apart hard drives. I ended up with a bunch of magnets and even more platters. Then I thought about a hard drive wind chime, and google returns:

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/arti...WindChimeStory

So yea, I'll be making a few wind chimes this weekend. The magnets I'm scared of, though; don't know what to do with them as I bought the knife rack. A couple of the big ones from an old SATA drive can cause some physical damage if one isn't careful.

Anyway.
</Worthless bump>

qxm · 08-13-2009, 09:13 PM

L-Pink · 08-13-2009, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Because you are thinking about it incorrectly. Formatting throws out the file INDEX. Not the FILES. Without the index, you have no means of knowing WTF is there or where to start. So it's all "free space" to be written over.

Interesting, thank you.

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joefriday · 08-13-2009, 09:23 PM

Yeah I would say drill a tome of holes through it.

Great Shooter · 08-13-2009, 10:03 PM

Piss on it , that usually works.

MrMaxwell · 08-14-2009, 05:48 AM

No big deal.
Just use one of those programs to overwrite everything nineteen times
Or open it up and destroy the actual media itself

Did any of you maniacs see on court tv.. this guy he I don't know kills or rapes or does something and then there is this evidence on a disk, right. Anyway well this guy he ends up cutting up the disk right there in the interrogation room .. right in front of everyone .. so they're all over hell way up the data recovery guys asses and all of this .. finally some pseudo genius SCOTCH TAPES IT BACK TOGETHER and pulls most of the data off of it ..

That was amazing.

PS: Wouldn't passing a magnet over the drive completely destroy the data.. 100% not recoverable? I mean how the hell are you going to recover data from what a random magnetic field has "written"... forget about it

Darkcrni · 08-14-2009, 06:39 AM

Well why dont u piss on it!

Chicks Delivery · 08-14-2009, 07:40 AM

Fire, maybe?

Klen · 08-14-2009, 07:47 AM

DBAN is enough,nothing else nothing more.

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PiffStenis Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 484	Stick it in the oven for a while. Or BBQ it.

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08-14-2009, 05:48 AM	#63
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	No big deal. Just use one of those programs to overwrite everything nineteen times Or open it up and destroy the actual media itself Did any of you maniacs see on court tv.. this guy he I don't know kills or rapes or does something and then there is this evidence on a disk, right. Anyway well this guy he ends up cutting up the disk right there in the interrogation room .. right in front of everyone .. so they're all over hell way up the data recovery guys asses and all of this .. finally some pseudo genius SCOTCH TAPES IT BACK TOGETHER and pulls most of the data off of it .. That was amazing. PS: Wouldn't passing a magnet over the drive completely destroy the data.. 100% not recoverable? I mean how the hell are you going to recover data from what a random magnetic field has "written"... forget about it

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