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Jim Prescott
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Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:
Re: Coercivity of current HD platters? |
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In article <43857e72$0$31280$6c4159fb@news.tweaknews.nl>,
Zak <jute@zak.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | If your drives have glass platters, it should be possible to destroy
those with a drill press.
Drill through the cover and the drill bit will break the platters.
This should be a very quick operation, I think.
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A heavy duty nail gun might also do the trick.
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Jim Prescott - Computing and Networking Group jgp@seas.rochester.edu
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester, NY |
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Al Dykes
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Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:
Re: Coercivity of current HD platters? |
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In article <dmg6p5$em5@harn.ceas.rochester.edu>,
Jim Prescott <jgp@harn.ceas.rochester.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <43857e72$0$31280$6c4159fb@news.tweaknews.nl>,
Zak <jute@zak.invalid> wrote:
If your drives have glass platters, it should be possible to destroy
those with a drill press.
Drill through the cover and the drill bit will break the platters.
This should be a very quick operation, I think.
A heavy duty nail gun might also do the trick.
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This huy finds a *sledge hammer* too dangerous for his
people to use.
Using a nail gun in this fashion is downright dangerous and an
incorrect use if a dangerous tool.
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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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Zak
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:46 am Post subject:
Re: Coercivity of current HD platters? |
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Nick Chalk wrote:
| Quote: | We're a homelessness charity - there's only four
staff, everyone else is a volunteer or client. We
like to avoid arming our clients when they're in
the building.
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Wel, if you can't find anything better and the data is not _that_
critical, you could destroy the printed circuit board of the drive. Kick
off some components with a screwdriver (make sure it is clearly visible)
and send the drive off to a metals recycler. The broken board will make
sure the drives cannot be sold as "not tested" but only as scrap.
This could be enough prevention for your average drive of unknown origin.
Or to continue on the press idea: fit out a vise with a block on one
side. If you learn where to punch the lid this can be a very safe
process, and again is is easy to see that the drive is useless.
Thomas |
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