I volunteered at Free Geek for a while a few years back - for the drives to be kept & re-used, a software wipe was performed. For those to be recycled, a "sledge hammer re-format" was applied. About a 5 lb hammer liberally applied to the hdd rendered it pretty much secure. This works well for those of us who don't have melting furnaces in the basement.
[email protected] wrote: > I have destroyed HDs in my little coal-fired melting furnace. > The drive discs don't melt, but the aluminum, zinc, and pot-metal does, > which I can use for my castings, and the controller boards and wiring end > up toast. > > But the steel foundry I worked at had the *best* procedure: > > a) Bring over the ladle of, say 9 tons of steel at 3000F, freshly tapped > from the furnace. Wave at the guy on the bridge crane so he can see you and > know where NOT to lower this thing. > > b) Toss in the drives: splash, splash, sparky splash. Break the slag and > push the drives under the crust if necessary. > > Within the hour, your drives will be permanently 'reformatted' as teeth for > mining equipment, sea chain, anchors for oil platforms, and propeller > struts for large vessels. > > Great work if you can still get it, :-D > > - GLL > > ---------------------------- > > > Keith Lofstrom wrote: > A shredder might be easier than a > demagnetizer, ... > > Michael [email protected]: > Wouldn't it be a lot > better to just smash them with a hammer? > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- frank hunt (L0F) R0B-ZAR1 befuddled linux admin erstwhile photographer hillsboro oregon _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
