How to destroy a hard drive?
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I've got 3 HP server hard disks that need to be disposed of, but because they have failed I can't perform the usual wiping process. So how to ensure they can't ever be read from again using only household or office materials?
I've started by immersing them in a bucket of salty water. Any other ideas?
I've started by immersing them in a bucket of salty water. Any other ideas?
The spindles have got 5 discs each on them, of pretty heavy metal. I want to make sure not just circuit boards are burnt, but the actual physical bits of metal that hold the data are trashed. It's a question of pride now so that I can prove visibly to our corporate governance people that there is no way to recover the data.
Caruso said:
The spindles have got 5 discs each on them, of pretty heavy metal. I want to make sure not just circuit boards are burnt, but the actual physical bits of metal that hold the data are trashed. It's a question of pride now so that I can prove visibly to our corporate governance people that there is no way to recover the data.
Joking aside some companies offer portable degaussing - check them out?Caruso said:
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