Cheap Bulk Eraser for Hard Disks?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 9, 2006 @12:35PM from the alternatives-to-smashing-platters dept.

cute-boy asks: "Recently I had to replace some hard disk drives from the same batch which had failed, while still under warranty. Because the drives were no longer recognized by the SCSI controller, it was not possible to erase the data on them. In view of the sensitivity of the data contained upon them, and the chance this was still forensically recoverable, our company decided to buy new drives rather than risk the disclosure of their contents by returning then to the supplier. How would you non-destructively (physically) destroy data on a hard disk without access to a bulk eraser? Obviously in this case it's a bit late to be thinking of using encryption."

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Re:Special return options... by MustardMan · 2006-09-09 15:15 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You know what amazes me... there are several people now who've pointed out the fact that you can send the cover plates back. That's not what amazes me. What amazes me is the fact that this relatively simple-to-obtain bit of information somehow eluded the submittor. I wonder why he didnt think to CALL THE FUCKING MANUFACTURER and explain the situation to them.