What did you find today?

[odeon]

Like odeon said... hammer works.

Turn it over and hit it hard a few times on the center hub until it sort of bends in, which is usually the quickest way to make it unreadable.

...or take it all apart. There's usually 2 really strong neodymium magnets inside.   Taking just the bottom board off is not enough though, as the board can always be replaced with one from a similar drive making it functional again.

I take them apart...the bottom boards have scrap value and go in a bin with the other boards & ram from the computer, magnets have some resale value in lots, hd case is normally aluminum and goes with the aluminum.

There's just so much to *learn*.

[Queen Victoria]

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

  I'm having my old busted computer hauled away, how do I destroy the HD? 

Give it to a 2 year-old to play with.

["couldbecousin"]

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

  I'm having my old busted computer hauled away, how do I destroy the HD? 

Give it to a 2 year-old to play with.

  ^ Ladies and gentlemen, the winning answer!   

[Trigger 11]

I found some wax in my ears! Not a very productive day!

[Lestat]

Do a guttman wipe on the drive, then hack it open with a saw, scrub throughly with sandpaper, and then drill a bunch of holes through the platters.

That will completely fuck any chance of salvaging private data alright.
I've dumped the platters in conc. sulfuric acid before, when I had to get rid of some HDs that the filth would have just loved to get their filthy trotters on.

[TheoK]

The pigs should be dumped in H₂SO₄ 

['andersom']

When I scrap a computer I make sure the HD is destroyed or not included.

  I'm having my old busted computer hauled away, how do I destroy the HD? 

Give it to a 2 year-old to play with.

  ^ Ladies and gentlemen, the winning answer!   

Who will be the happy toddler?

[Icequeen]

Back in the day (before I redeemed myself ) I had a drive filled to capacity with tons of interesting stuff suddenly conk out on me with no hope of recovery.

It's buried around here... somewhere.

 

[Parts]

I normally take hard drives apart to get the magnets. The platters are aluminum and melt down easy no need to wipe it first.

Today I found this interesting pocket knife at a tag sale for $0.50

['andersom']

I normally take hard drives apart to get the magnets. The platters are aluminum and melt down easy no need to wipe it first.

Today I found this interesting pocket knife at a tag sale for $0.50

Gorgeous!!!

[Parts]

It's from the 1940s.  I had never seen one like it before and love it myself

["couldbecousin"]

It's from the 1940s.  I had never seen one like it before and love it myself

  It is a cool knife. 



  I found some prune juice in the store today, just what this old lady needs!   

[skyblue1]

  I found some prune juice in the store today, just what this old lady needs!   [/font][/size]

Probiotics are better than prune juice.

 alot more expensive though

["couldbecousin"]

  I found some prune juice in the store today, just what this old lady needs!   [/font][/size]

Probiotics are better than prune juice.

 alot more expensive though

  I'm starting small, I'll see how the prune juice works. 

[Icequeen]

I normally take hard drives apart to get the magnets. The platters are aluminum and melt down easy no need to wipe it first.

Today I found this interesting pocket knife at a tag sale for $0.50

1942 WWII era Geo. Schrade "camp style". 

Awesome score for .50