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Old June 18th 18, 07:56 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Micky
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Default Disposing of a hard drive.

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:17:47 +0100, Bill Ward
wrote:

On 15/06/2018 22:40, T wrote:
On 06/15/2018 09:53 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
Bill Ward wrote:
Most hard drives seem quite indestructible. What is the best method
of disposal ? I do live on the coast with some 500ft high cliffs nearby.
Bill.

Hammer works.


1+

These things are so precise that any warping of the media
will render them useless.

Give it a couple of good whacks.* Wear safety glasses.


CD's and DVD's I just put in the micro wave for a few seconds.
The financial director where I used to work had a novel way of
destroying a floppy disk. He brought a crumpled one to me and asked if I
could do anything with it. He had left it on the window sill in full
sunlight and gone on holiday.
Bill.


I have a 45 RPM record that got hot that way. It goes in waves over an
inch high as it spins. That's because it's a rock and roll record.

(The record player requires a 2 inch needle to play it.)
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