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Disposing of a hard drive.
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. If a platter is bent just a little bit, that's sufficient. You can use a screwdriver to gain access to the platters. Paul |
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:47:31 +0100, 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. Sounds good to me except for the pollution. I take a 3 pound "engineer's hammer" to them. It can destroy the cast aluminum housing and platter beneath. If you take a cover off you can use a Neodymium magnet over the surface of the disk... |
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On 15/06/2018 18:28, Mayayana 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. Open it up. You'll find that the actual disks are very brittle and shatter into *lots* of pieces. You could probably also achieve that by just bending it a bit in a vice. PS - Watch out for tiny shards. They can be very sharp. It's best to contain the destruction. I could hand it in to a police station and say that I found it and let them destroy it. Story behind that is I once found a digital camera and handed it in. I asked what would happen to it and they said if it was not claimed after a certain time I could have it or it would be sold on the police auction site. I checked and it had not been claimed and went to collect it. The PCSO on the desk was about to give it to me when his colleague said that anything with memory on it could not be returned. I said I'd take it without the memory card and was told that a clever person could get at anything that had been deleted on the card or the internal memory and so would have to be destroyed. I was told that this also applied to laptops, phones and anything else with memory. I'd not heard of the police auction site and had a look to see what was being sold. The camera, as well phones and laptops were all on the site. I contacted them and was told they had been put on in error and it would be removed. Bill. |
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On 15/06/2018 19:02, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 06/15/2018 12:28 PM, Mayayana 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. Â*Â* Open it up. You'll find that the actual disks are very brittle and shatter into *lots* of pieces. You could probably also achieve that by just bending it a bit in a vice. PS - Watch out for tiny shards. They can be very sharp. It's best to contain the destruction. I take them apart to salvage the very powerful magnets They come in handy and they are super strong. Rene I've never managed to take one apart. Is there a Youtube video for it? Bill. -- Bill. |
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On 15/06/2018 19:08, default wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:47:31 +0100, 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. Sounds good to me except for the pollution. I take a 3 pound "engineer's hammer" to them. It can destroy the cast aluminum housing and platter beneath. If you take a cover off you can use a Neodymium magnet over the surface of the disk... Could end up in a Basking sharks stomach. There was a big one off shore recently. Bill. |
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wrote: If a platter is bent just a little bit, that's sufficient. for an average person, yes. for someone intent on scavenging it, no. for the nsa, not even a concern. |
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On 06/15/2018 1:22 PM, Bill Ward wrote:
On 15/06/2018 19:02, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 06/15/2018 12:28 PM, Mayayana 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. Â*Â* Open it up. You'll find that the actual disks are very brittle and shatter into *lots* of pieces. You could probably also achieve that by just bending it a bit in a vice. PS - Watch out for tiny shards. They can be very sharp. It's best to contain the destruction. I take them apart to salvage the very powerful magnets They come in handy and they are super strong. Rene I've never managed to take one apart. Is there a Youtube video for it? Bill. Mostly all you need is a set of small Torx screw drivers, Remove cover than all visible screws. Rene |
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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. Take the magnet out. Those things are powerful! I have a couple with ropes attached that I use to retrive parts, wrenches, etc. They make good fridge magnets, too. Capable of holding up an entire newspaper. The platters hang from the trees out front and they spin and flash in the wind. The small magnesium parts are kind of cool and go in the junk box. |
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On 06/15/2018 1:24 PM, Bill Ward wrote:
On 15/06/2018 19:08, default wrote: On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:47:31 +0100, 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. Sounds good to me except for the pollution. I take a 3 pound "engineer's hammer" to them.Â* It can destroy the cast aluminum housing and platter beneath. If you take a cover off you can use a Neodymium magnet over the surface of the disk... Could end up in a Basking sharks stomach. There was a big one off shore recently. Bill. Here's some info for you Bill. https://makezine.com/2015/12/10/salv...ld-hard-drive/ Rene |
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 19:24:58 +0100, Bill Ward wrote:
On 15/06/2018 19:08, default wrote: On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:47:31 +0100, 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. Sounds good to me except for the pollution. I take a 3 pound "engineer's hammer" to them. It can destroy the cast aluminum housing and platter beneath. If you take a cover off you can use a Neodymium magnet over the surface of the disk... Could end up in a Basking sharks stomach. There was a big one off shore recently. Bill. Basking sharks are filter feeders, and hard drives sink. I did get to see one up close ~30 miles offshore fishing once. The sheer size of the thing was impressive, longer than my 20' boat. |
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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. Throw it into a volcano. :P -- Quote of the Week: "I never kill insects. If I see ants or spiders in the room, I pick them up and take them outside. Karma is everything." --Holly Valance Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- | |o o| | ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and URL/link. \ _ / ( ) |
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