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Best way to destroy a hard drive |
Bonovox
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My old old old pc has died for the last time it finally drew its last breath and its no longer fixable. But before i got the chance to clear the hard drive the pc was already dead  Now that hard drive has loads of personal details of mine on plus lots of photos also my CV. I removed the hard drive which is made by Maxtor from the base unit but it is completely indestructable. It is solid as anything i have ever seen even the screws on it i never seen the type before i cant get inside it no matter what i do. Its so heavy and solid you can kill someone with it(plenty of politicans spring to mind  )and i dont know what to do. I dont want to throw it away as it has so much stuff on it i could not remove in time. Whats the best way? Would burning it work? Hoping it would just melt.
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fatreg
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You have to crunch a HDD to kill it, on the floor, sledge hammer, whack it a few times, that'll kill it
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Nanu
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try the microwave, full power for 10 mins should do the trick!
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fatreg
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metal in a microwave nanu??
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Bonovox
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Lol cheers the microwave might be dangerous though but maybe the sledge hammer if i can get one from a neighbour.
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markphil
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throw it on the sea 
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Nanu
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On 2009-09-06 14:56:22, fatreg wrote:
metal in a microwave nanu??
You've never lived!
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Bonovox
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Ah throw it in the sea or a lake yes good one why did i not think of all these. Guess it cant float to shore can it lol. It will eventually rust away like the Titanic Nanu are you one of these crazy people who does mad explosions and experiments with microwaves? Blowing things up for the laugh. Sounds like fun lol
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Nanu
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I forgot to mention, if you do put it in the microwave do it outside! but not when it is raining as that could be dangerous!!!
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Bonovox
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Lol yeah just use the extension lead into the garden. Though wont be popular with the neighbours 
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markphil
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does your hard disk bio degradable ?
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Bonovox
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Lol i doubt it very much but perhaps everything should be made that way now.
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weirdwilli
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Don't throw it in a lake whatever you do, HD's are made to be airtight as far as I know so it wouldn't be the more sensible option  |
fatreg
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http://www.boydcreative.net/1/5-ways-to-destroy-your-hard-drive/
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arien617
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If it were me, I'd ask my local hospital for 20 seconds use of the MRI machine.
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Posted: 2009-09-06 14:36
