[Gllug] Securely disposing of old hard drives

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On 22 Aug 2007, Frank Scott spake thusly:
> I have tried heating platters to destroy them. I dissembled the drive
> and heated the aluminium platter on the ring of an electric stove. The
> multi-hued platter sitting on my desk has a very interesting flow
> pattern where the alloy has melted and resolidified. I doubt that any
> domestic oven will get hot enough to effect any intact drive ( I don't
> have a pottery kiln).

What about a blowtorch, then? A similar problem, I imagine, unless you
have a high-end oxyacetylene monster knocking around.
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