For those items that are 'heat' sensitive, a propane torch works wonders on the media. Zip/cdrom/flash should definately be toast (so to speak)!!! I believe if you 'get smoke' off the platter, then it should be 'smoked' for sure. At least any 'recovery' method would be unlikely to be done by anyone other than my old boss...NSA! And they can get it BEFORE you can toast the media if they want it bad enough!!! Anything that cannot stand 'cooking' would be toast. Just kinda messy as cdroms melt/burn and the fumes are a bit toxic if breathed. But would be impossible to retrieve data from for sure!! --- mike hoy wrote: > Hi > > 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? ===== Cyclists should expect and demand safe accommodation on our public roads, just as does every other user. Nothing more is expected. Nothing less is acceptable! Long live Knoppix!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss