Completely Erase a Hard Drive - Comments Page 1

I gave my old 6 Gb HD(hey it was huge when I bought the PC!) to my ten year old granddaughter. It was in a million pieces within minutes!

I find destroying any old computer parts with a sledge hammer to be very satisfying as well. If you ever had any problems with the part itself, while you still needed it, the trivial revenge of braking the thing into thousands of pieces is 'oh so' rewarding. I think I'm going to stick with the last option, I don't think I'll have the feds breathing down my neck so I'll have plenty of time to erase that hard drive.

Unscrew all the hard drive parts that you can find (some screw heads may be unusual). Eventually, you will be down to the motor that rotates the arm (through a small angle) that carries the R/W head. Bend the ends of the motor frame to release the magnets - they're probably arc-shaped, shiny, about the area of a commemorative postage stamp and 1/16 inch thick. You will then have the strongest refrigerator magnets that you ever played with. If your refrigerator has a rough vinyl surface, you're OK. But if it has a flat enamel surface, put a piece of cloth underneath the magent so you can pull it back off.

I destroyed an old drive by using a high-speed drill. I drilled through case and platters in a dozen random locations from the center to the outer tracks. I figured that a drive that couldn't spin wouldn't be readable.

I like to run a 3/8 drill thru them and then imagine the bad guys trying to fire it up, the head catching on the holes in the platter and the resulting mayhem from iddy biddy hunkies flying around all over the place..have considered shooting it with a 3006 too but haven't done that yet, don't live in the boonies so no place to set it up.

I have used Dban for erasing a hard drive - hopefully it is effective.

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA,thats a good one Bob!
16 pounds of satisfaction! Do the Rolling Stones know this yet? It may be good for a new song!
I double my satisfaction by useing my .45's on the parts or the whole thing, if need be.

re 16lb sledge. I tried that and didn't use eye protection and ended up with a microscopic piece of metal stuck in my eye that had to be surgically removed!!!! The method works, but be very, very careful about your eyes..................no lie.

Peace!
Phil McHugh

I've been using Evidence Nuker. It has all the methods and does a complete job of EVERYTHING you want erased. Check it out yourself. It might be what you've been looking for in a utility like it.

As Mr. Spock (Star Trek) would say, "Fascinating." Check this Web site out for the penultimate way to destroy a hard drive. Heh

http://driveslag.eecue.com/