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Ten Ways To Destroy a Hard Disk

Posted by samzenpus on from the ten-is-better-than-one dept.

Barence writes "Following his blog last week about the homemade hard disk destroyer, Bustadrive, Mike Jennings was deluged with comments from readers, both on the blog and here on Slashdot. Most seemed to like the product, but also offered up far more innovative and madcap methods of hard disk destruction, with a wide range of implements used — household and otherwise. In this follow-up post, he rounds up the best of an imaginative bunch of hard disk destruction methods."

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  1. How about: Write zeros to the disk? by impaledsunset · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Write zeros. Once. Problem solved. Then you can sell the disk.

    Physical destruction is only necessary if the disk is already broken, and you can't erase it properly.

    1. Re:How about: Write zeros to the disk? by zero0ne · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Citation?

      I don't think there is a single legitimate source that has proved this is possible.

  2. the best way to render a hard drive useless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    install Windows ME