Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-08 Thread Fred Cisin
On Thu, 7 Jan 2016, Charles Anthony wrote: Putting it a crate with a few hundred other drives... Label the one next to yours: CONFIDENTIAL : TOP SECRET or label the one next to yours: TAX RECEIPTS, and label your drive: REAL TAX RECEIPTS If you were to label your enemy's drive ISIS, CHILD POR

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-08 Thread William Donzelli
> They are also useful if you are also doing your own high-grade gold refining > pass, for preparation of material. The two recycling operators I know are > probably doing this process as well. There are some groups now using hammer mills and shaker tables in order to try and cut down the amount

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 01/07/2016 08:17 PM, jwsmobile wrote: They are also useful if you are also doing your own high-grade gold refining pass, for preparation of material. The two recycling operators I know are probably doing this process as well. Most gold recover folks are not trusted. There are several Yout

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread jwsmobile
On 1/7/2016 6:20 PM, Fred Cisin 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 usab

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread Charles Anthony
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Fred Cisin 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 f

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread Fred Cisin
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 var

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread Paul Berger
On 2016-01-07 9:06 PM, 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? Or spin the disk and scrape off the oxide, I have seen disk drive do that all by themselves, but as

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread drlegendre .
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? On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Stefan Skoglund (lokal < stefan.skogl...@agj.net> wrote: > tor 2016-01-07 klockan 15:08 -0500 skrev Mouse: > > > We

Re: Secure disk destruction [was Re: Floppy recovery]

2016-01-07 Thread Stefan Skoglund (lokal
tor 2016-01-07 klockan 15:08 -0500 skrev Mouse: > > Well, if you don't have access to thermite [...] > > Actually, red heat is well above the Curie temperature for most media, > isn't it? You could chuck the platters into the coals of a bonfire, > let them get up to a nice cherry red. Depending