How would you destroy a HDD?

[brian]

poo! how much colder is liqual o2 then liq nitro?

 

[hpi]

Run it over with a tank.

Shoot it with a 50 cal exploding round or armor piercing round.

Launch a tomahawk cruise missile at it.

Thered be nothing left of the hdd with those 3 methods that's for sure.

 

[brian]

got it... will it blend... get a blend tec blender and see if it will blend

willitblend.com

 

[Jonyboy]

poo! how much colder is liqual o2 then liq nitro?

Lig nitro is colder (sub-zero).

Lets crush it with a tank!

 

[Ambushed]

Get it to look at you

 

[salman]

got it... will it blend... get a blend tec blender and see if it will blend

willitblend.com

Their video's are really good, the one where they blend the toy cars is my fav.

 

[tlarkin]

do a low level format

data is still recoverable after low level formatting.

The easiest cheapest way I would say would be to use thermite, which civilians can purchase with ease.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite

 

[SuperNub1337]

I would give the hdd to Paris Hilton

 

[Jabes]

I would give the hdd to Paris Hilton

don't get that does anybody else?

 

[99F]

Hehe I do.

 

[speedcanhurt]

Toffee is good...

Pour loads of sugar into it and then dunk it into high-concentration hydrochloric acid - instant, burning, expanding toffee!

 

[PohTayToez]

Or put it in HCI Acid.

You mean HCl?

And it depends. If I had a hard drive that for some reason I didn't want anyone to get a hold of, I wouldn't put too much effort into destroying it, as data recovery methods are very expensive and I doubt that I'll ever have any data that would be worth thousands to someone to recover it.

I would probably just bang it with a hammer. Or take it apart, or just force the molex connector in upside down.

But if you really want 100% of the DATA removed HCl is the best bet. You have to break it down not only physically, but chemically. Also you could toast the discs with a blow torch.

 

[Cleric7x9]

bring it to the junkyard where they have one of those huge electromagnets for lifting cars. that should do the trick...

 

[jutnm]

throw it in a blast furnace where temps reach 1200 degrees and higher

 

[Archangel]

use the tool from the manufacturers to check the HDD by putting a '1' on every spot on the disk ^^

 

[Jonyboy]

Melt it and then put it in HCI

 

[TFT]

Portable grinder or sanding disc

 

[Jonyboy]

Take a dump on it.

 

[LaRoza]

Install Windows Vista to it...

 

[palidon112]

eat it.