Disposing of a hard drive.

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.

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.

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On 15/06/2018 17:53, 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.


Do you really give any regards to the well being of Bill Ward, the
original poster? Using a hammer could damage his eye if the fragment
from the HD hits one of his eye. He is not likely to have any
protection when he is trying your stupid advice.

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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.

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.Â* 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.

On 06/15/2018 04:17 PM, 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.Â* 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.

Chuckle!

On 06/15/2018 06:17 PM, Bill Ward wrote:

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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 used to have an AOL CD where someone had cut a notch in one side and
put on a label (on the shiny side) that said "user protection notch".

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.)

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.

Being the inveterate 'tinkerer' that I am, I'd use a screwdriver.

On 15/06/2018 18:10, ray carter 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.

Being the inveterate 'tinkerer' that I am, I'd use a screwdriver.

I've tried that in the past but you don't really get into it.
Bill.

Bill Ward wrote:
On 15/06/2018 18:10, ray carter 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.

Being the inveterate 'tinkerer' that I am, I'd use a screwdriver.

I've tried that in the past but you don't really get into it.
Bill.

need micro torx...can salvage strong rare earth magnets and shiny disk
wind chimes.

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On 06/15/2018 12:47 PM, Bill Ward wrote:
On 15/06/2018 18:10, ray carter 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.

Being the inveterate 'tinkerer' that I am, I'd use a screwdriver.

I've tried that in the past but you don't really get into it.
Bill.

I've opened a few HDs. Most require a 6-point star driver.

BTW, the platters have been shiny metal, not brown like tape.

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Mark Lloyd wrote:

I've opened a few HDs. Most require a 6-point star driver.
BTW, the platters have been shiny metal, not brown like tape.

If you find one of the right vintage they look like shiny metal, but
turn out to be glass ...

In article , 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.

the best would be to run it through an industrial shredder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o

On 06/15/2018 01:12 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , 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.

the best would be to run it through an industrial shredder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o

Yep, that would do it. But finding one?