[Gllug] Securely disposing of old hard drives

[John Southern]

On Tuesday 21 August 2007 13:00:06 paul at ma1.se wrote:
> For hard drive disposal this crunching/shredder offers a "final solution
> " for hard drives.
>
> http://www.sitd.co.uk/data_removal_services.htm
>
> Recover that!

One Torx screwdriver and about three minutes of cursing whoever put stickers 
over the last screw and you have the platters in hand plus the strong magnets 
to weld themselves and small animals to the fridge. Probably could hold big 
animals, but I have none to hand. 

One stepper for the spares box and many micro screws for the future*.
Ten hard disks give about a one inch high stack which as they are so shiny are 
good for ensuring my lathe is true and square.

Or you could just take the top off and leave them on your desk. Sooner rather 
than later someone will pick one up and unable to resist, will put a perfect 
set of prints on the platter. I have an almost complete office set.

* You will of course keep these in an old coffee jar in the garage for future 
generations to laugh at.

John
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