On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 04:25, mike hoy wrote:
> If somebody wanted to completely destroy a harddrive or flash drive so 
> that no data whatsoever could ever be extracted from it how would they 
> go about doing that?

I found a safe and "fun" way to do it...

 1. Open the drive and remove the platters.
 2. Give platters a full body massage with a strong cobalt magnet
 3. Smack the platters a few times with a hammer.
 4. Drill small hole 1/4" from the outer edge.
 5. Attach random length fishing line between hole and a wooden dowel.

Now your hard drive is reduced to a wind chime that a non-techie mom or
gramma will love.   At least that is what I've been doing with mine for
the last 20 years.

Daniel

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