On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:25:30 -0700
mike hoy <
mhoy4@cox.net> 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?
[SNIP]
If you don't have the tools to remove the cover (hard drives have great powerful magnets inside, worth saving as Bill Lindley showed me) and get at platters then a hammer and center punch will "decomission" a drive very effectively, especially on drives with glass platters. :-)
Dennisk
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