<m.roth@...> writes:
>
> > m.roth@... wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> Alternatively, the answer on another techie mailing list I'm on is that
> >> you could disassemble the disks and use thermite.
> >
> > Just a hammer, no need to disassemble the case.
> >
> I dunno, a buddy who was in army intel back in the early eighties told me,
> about 10 years ago, that they could flatten out the platters and read some
> data. Thermite not only melts the platters, but will hit the Curie point.
>
> mark "and make nice flames and melting metal"
>
Over the years I've ended up with a pile of old hard drives. Some are
unreliable; some won't even spin up and some are just REALLY old (e.g., 100s
of MB size). I also inherited a couple of rifles (M-1 Garand and M-1
Carbine). I'm thinking write /dev/urandom to ones that will spin but then
take the whole lot out in the country for some target practice. It may be
possible to scape a little data off of what's left after the drive gets hit
with a round from the Garand but I doubt if anyone will want to go to the
trouble. It could also be fun.
Cheers,
Dave
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