The 'Three Ton' Hard Drive Destroyer

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @02:27AM from the because-you-can dept.

Barence writes "Last year, PC Pro welcomed a DIY-style hard-disk destroyer into its Labs to wreak havoc on some unsuspecting platters. Now the technology has moved on, with the Ideal 0101 — a device that pierces disks with between 2.5 and 3 tons of force. 'It's not the quick cut-and-shut process you'd assume it is,' says PC Pro's reviewer. 'Instead, the 0101 seems to enjoy its particular method of torture.The punch emerges from the side of the bay, slowing piercing its way through metal, silicon and glass, before retreating once the disk is destroyed.'" I attached a video clip.

2 of 206 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

recycling by walshy007 · 2011-04-19 02:30 · Score: 5, Interesting

anyone else manually dismantle the things and remove the magnets because they're decently strong?
This is how we do it.. Shredder! by Pontiac · 2011-04-19 02:42 · Score: 5, Interesting

OK folks.. this is how the government gets it done.
An industrial metal shredder. Nothing left bigger then a dime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_O7-rqcHc

--
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. --Red Adair