On 02/08/2016 07:38 PM, Always Learning wrote:
On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 14:22 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
the only truly safe way to destroy data on magnetic media is to grind
the media up into filings or melt it down in a furnace.
I unscrew the casing, extract the disk platter(s), slide a very strong
magnet over both sides of the platter surface then bend the platter in
half.
How secure is that ?
I can't afford a machine that grinds everything into dust particles.
I have seen a guy in the I.T. department where I work take a hard
drive....remove as many stickers from it (to make it porous as possible)
and then soak it in a "brine" of ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, bleach, and
salted water...for like a week or two. Afterwards? total useless junk.
EGO II
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