On 06/24/2015 11:51 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:46:38AM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
On 06/23/2015 11:46 PM, Tim wrote:
jd1008:
I will be resorting to a powerfull de-gausser :)
Joe Zeff:
Depending on your tastes, using it for target practice will do the job.
What about, hard drives roasting on an open fire? (Yes, I did sing it
in my head to /that/ song.)
A strong degausser is a bit of an esoteric thing, and I don't think I'd
trust my CRT degaussing wand to be strong enough. I've pulled drives
apart before, but that's a lot effort (tiny odd screws, sometimes
seriously jammed into place), then bent the disc platters to buggery.
While seriously annoying and time-consuming to do, it was also quite
satisfying to mangle the bugger to death.
I was told that dismantling it surgically is both entertaining and
educating :)
I have never dismantled one before !
The degausser I am talking about sucks 20 amps at 110V AC.
So, it is a very powerful magnet!
I am not sure if the micro-electronic elements would survive it though.
Failing that, I will try to 'entertain' and 'educate' myself by surgically
dismantling the beast. In fact I would also like to give the ROMs to a
friend (HW and FW engineer) who has equipment to read the ROMs,
and disassemble the contents. The kaspersky revelation that the HD
roms contain malware was a very interesting article.
I imagine that anold reel-to-reel tape eraser would do a nice job on
the platters, if you could get 'em separated from their spindle.
several years ago someone passed aroujnd a URL for a video of
someone withh a heavy duty industrial shredding machinebeing used
for destroying hard drives. it was a couple of big metal rollers
(a foot or more in diameter) with massive lugs sticking out.
you drop a HD in the hopper and watch as the entire thing is
reduced to small metal bits. I imagine it could really be
cathartic! :)
The local PC recycling center shreds hard drives. Used to charge $5 per,
but I haven't used them lately.
RBM
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