Re: Destroying HD data (physically)

From: Tauno Voipio (tauno.voipio_at_iki.fi.NOSPAM.invalid)
Date: 09/20/04

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    Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:45:35 GMT

    slrn wrote:
    > On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:22:56 -0500, Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote:
    >
    >>On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:01:10 +0000, slrn wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>I'm aware of the command dd (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s2
    >>>bs=1024k) to overwrites data on a disk, however, before I can do dd
    >>>some of the drives crashed (head?). My question is, how do I destroy
    >>>the data on the disk when the head crashed? I don't want the data on
    >>>the disk to exists, but without the ability to hook it up, I need to
    >>>resorts to physical destruction?
    >>
    >>Nail the drive to a post and use it as target practice for your AK-47.
    >
    >
    > I have no handguns, semi-autos or WMD :-) to destroy the drives.
    > I thought about opening the drives to destroy the platters, but
    > the screws are tough to loosen. (these are SCSI drives btw)
    >

    Just use what you have to get into the drives. Drilling a couple
    of holes through the platter pack will do pretty well.

    A hacksaw can be used to open.

    The standard trick is to drill off the screw tops. The Torx
    heads are nice - there are starter holes so the drill keeps
    on the screw.

    HTH

    Tauno Voipio
    tauno voipio (at) iki fi

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