[Gllug] [O/T] Disposing of old zip disks

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:59:44AM +0100, John G Walker wrote:
> I have a box full of used zip disks, which have, as you might guess,
> not been used for some years. Most of what is on them is trivial stuff
> (eg early drafts of my PHD thesis and the like), but I can't guarantee
> there isn't some confidentail information on some of them which I ought
> not to let into the public domain (which in this case means the local
> skip).
> 
> I no longer have access to any means of writing to them, so reformatting
> is not an option. Has anyone any other suggestions for disposing of the
> disks than taking a hammer to them? There's only a few dozen, so I'm
> not sure any of the data disposal companies would be interested without
> me paying an exorbitant price,

Zip disks are similar enough to the floppies and hard drives that I
think the 'drill and goggles' technique will work:

http://camltastic.blogspot.com/2008/12/destroying-old-hard-drives.html

Rich.

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