Am Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:03:10 +0000 (UTC) schrieb Grant Edwards : > On 2015-07-12, Marc Joliet wrote: > > > With regards to the other replies: I think physical destruction is > > unnecessary, and I don't really want to go through the trouble. > > If it's "trouble" rather than "fun", then you're doing it wrong. :) OK, you have a point ;-) . > There's thermite: > > http://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/how-to-thermite-based-hard-drive-anti-forensic-destruction/ > > And mechanical shredding: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdZGKyu9hc > > Others favor a high-powered rifle or an 8lb sledge. That does look fun! However, I meant along the lines of destroying the disk surface, because I want to give the HDDs away for recycling (a computer chain I occasionally buy from collects old hardware for this purpose). Good for the environment and all that :-) . -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup