Re: wipe broken disk

peter pilsl wrote:

Drilling is an option, but to be frank: I dont know how to do
it and how secure/reliable it is. If someone recommends
drilling, please dont forget to mention the points where the
drilling-fun is best ;) I'm sysadmin and wanna-be-bikemechanic,
so drilling might be a good sensation.

I'd recommend to open the Harddrive, remove the platters, and
scratch them (the platters) with Brillo/Ako-Pads

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brillo_Pad
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ako-Pads

I for myself would also dismount the head drive galvanometers.
The magnets in those are plenty of fun, but a danger to any
magnetic media and CRTs, which get get close to them in the
wrong angle.

Using a sledgehammer on the platters finishes them off
definitely. Be carefull though, some disc manufactuers use glass
a substrace, AFAIK Hitachi is one of them, so be aware of
shards.

Wolfgang Draxinger
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