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

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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,
>
>   
You could leaving them overnight in a bucket of bleach, or microwave
them maybe. Really though I'm sure placing a small tear in the disk with
a knife would be quite enough. The people who forage for data disks in
3rd world garbage dumps already have plenty of low hanging fruit - I
doubt they've had to resort to repairing damaged obsolete media.

Roger.
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