On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016, drlegendre . wrote: > >> What's wrong with the "disassemble and rend with heavy hammer" approach? >> Doesn't that render the platters un-readable, if done with sufficient >> ardor? >> > > Bending the platters will keep them from turning and being usable in the > drive, but does NOT prevent various other imaging methods. > > Breaking a platter in half doesn't prevent those techniques. > > Shattering a glass platter into dozens of pieces doesn't prevent those > techniques. > > breaking it into tiny bits may or may not depending on how much effort > somebody is willing to put into identifying where each piece came from in > the platter. > > High heat should work. > > Sanding all of the rust off of the platter should work. > > Mailing the drive to a government office, with a note saying, "please help > me recover the pictures of my grandmother's birthday party", and having it > lost in their mailroom might work. > > > Putting it a crate with a few hundred other drives... -- Charles