Four mechanical ways to destroy disk data

[stduc]

Before I dispose of an old hard drive I just put a nail through it - but here's four rather extreme ways to do it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8708074.stm

Depends how paranoid you are I guess. As for CDs - just snap them in two! LOL



[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[goombawaho]

This is a repeat of at least three other threads (just sayin') - one pretty recent.

 

[BadBigBen]

I agree, it is a repeat...

but still interesting, seeing three(3) mechanical ways to destroy a HDD, the degaussing machine, wasn't really mechanical except in the way it moved the drive into the Gauss field and back out...

Ben
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[stduc]

Well spotted there. Some one's awake!

Boy that sounds patronising - but I don't mean to be. I actually feel slightly embarrassed that I didn't spot that.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[goombawaho]

No worries - better twice than none. I wasn't trying to be snotty.