Re: [PLUG] Dispose of old hard drives

Thank you John

Strong magnets have already been employed.

Drills, punches, LASERS (proper spelling), etc have been considered and all have been rejected as being too labor intensive.

Thermite... now there is an option!

If I make a youtube video of it the cost may be way more than offset... but we'll see :grinning:

Eric

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:23 PM John Kreno <john.kreno@gmail.com> wrote:

You can get creative or crazy in your rigor to destroy them. I usually pass a strong magnet over the drive and give the drive a hole in the area where the platters are straight through, either using a hardened steel punch or a benchtop drill press. Some will argue that isn't enough. It's enough to deter most people. ymmv

I've also taken to using platters from wiped drives to make artwork.

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 3:04 PM Eric Lucas via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
Greetings PLUG-ers.

I have about 30 (+|-) hard drives that are either wiped or "can't be wiped" IE: "destroy".
Do you have any favorite drive disposal companies and/or processes?
I filled out a web form for a company that does this, however they wanted to know how many "paper boxes" of drive I had...
No response to my <1 answer.

Thanks,
Eric Lucas

PS: I took some of them apart and now have a stack of shiny metal "platters". My propane torch and I know how to deal with those :-D
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