"Michael A. Terrell" writes:

john wrote:

Ignoramus21144 wrote:
? On 2011-05-28, Joseph ? wrote:
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??? On 2011-05-27, Joseph ? wrote:
???? In article?stydnXDVoa8dvUDQnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@giganews. com?,
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????? I have a little industrial demagnetizer from a grinding shop. Can this
????? thing erase contents of hard drives securely? Or the magnetic field is
????? not string enough? I have a pile of old HDs awaiting destruction.
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????? THe alternative is my press, which is more of a PITA.
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???? Not likely strong enough.
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???? My standard approach is pounding the disk into a shapeless blob using a
???? five-pound hammer and an anvil. I put the drive in a freezer bag (heavy
???? polyethylene) first so the parts don't fly everywhere.
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??? You cannot do that with a 5 lb sledge. The hard drive will not break.
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?? Really? It works well enough for my purposes. Maybe NSA could get data
?? off the result, but nobody else can. I use a drilling hammer and big
?? boulder.
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?? But you are free to use any size hammer you can swing.
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? Joe, a while ago, I tried pounding hard drives with a 8 lb sledge on
? concrete.
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? While I am sure that the first blow will render is inoperable, I was
? very surprised to find that the drive remained physically
? intact. After perhaps 20 blows, the hard drive has been seriously
? scratched up, but still essentially intact.

You need a bigger hammer.


Or to exercise more, so he can swing the hammer properly. Too much
time behind a keyboard and with automated tools makes you weak.

Open it up, put a propane torch to it until it glows.
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