Is this good enough?
>>61565845
Yes except for the one in the middle left, its still fairly intact
Using a powerdrill straight though the disk platters is much more efficient
Also WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING TO THOSE POOR DRIVES?
>>61565879
Roommate has my goddamn drill. Smashing them with a big ball peen hammer
Charcoal aluminum forge
Lump wood charcoal and a hairdryer to feed it air can liquidize alluminium HDD platters
Easily hits 1100°
Even better, do it while its connected to a running machine for cool speccy posts
>>61565845
Yea for dumpster diving DeMarcus. NSA puppets Sandeep and Ali will still push your shit in.
Should I even ask why you need to know this?
>>61565879
this, hard drives have a small hole on the top (label side) made for punching a drillbit through.
Obliterates the platters and it's pretty fun desu.
Microwave them.
>>61565936
They probably had it coming.
>>61565845
Hello Crooked Hillary's staff
>>61565948
I think that little hole is technically to allow the air pressure to equalize, but it does make a good drill bit guide.
>>61565934
That's all they need to prevent desu
>>61565845
Throw 'em in a metal container with gasoline/oil and roast 'em. Bashin' ain't enough.
>>61565845
Eat them
>>61565845
Thermite if you are afraid of getting your CP found
>>61565845
You need to remove the platters, stick them in a plastic bag, then smash them. Take those pieces and flush them down two different public toilets. After that just burn the controller boards with a lighter and dispose of them in a dumpster. This is how you get rid of data.
>>61565845
NO! in the future there will be technology to recover your dick pics
you must punch hole in it like data centers do
isn't like dban enough really?
>>61568852
microwave the platters
but literally ive never had anything on a harddrive past games so im not really one to know
i remember a program and did 36 passes on the drive years ago but guess thats not any good now. gutterman method or something.
a punch and hammer or screwdriver would 4sure put a hole in it. for those without a power drill
>>61565845
Bought a bunch of used PCs from KPMG.
Each HD had a 3/8" drill hole through the platters.
Nobody told me. Tears of blood when I got them home.
here's how I genuinely do it when I do my bi yearly hard drive swap
>peel stickers and burn
>open cases
>boil the platters
>drill the platters
>rip off the little fucking pcbs
>drill them
>bury them in woods a
>bury platters in woods b
incase anyone is wondering why I do a biyearly swap I have active and archival drives, swapping them out lowers the risk of failure
Thermite them.
>>61565845
No Imran Arwan, it wasn't good enough. You did a shit job and your anus is going to pay for it in PMITA jail
>>61571158
>inducing failure reduces the risk of failure
>>61571253
no, replacing hard drives before they fail does
>>61571158
That's fucking stupid. Just use a proper RAID set up.
>>61571281
never really looked into raid, I mirror all my drives if that's what it is so two copies of every piece of data then hard drives replaced bi yearly
>>61571158
>>bury them in woods a
>>bury platters in woods b
Why not just put them in the recycling bin?
>>61573012
slim chance people go through my rubbish
>>61565845
Nah. You should go full thermite on those bitches. Post vidya.
>>61570871
>accounting firm
>>61565845
Drill a hole
>>61565845
If you are worried about others accessing your data then why didn't you encrypt them? Smashing them and drilling and lighting them on fire is fun (and possibly therapeutic). But encryption is the best solution to the problem.
Of course that isn't going to help you now.
>>61571158
>rip off the little fucking pcbs
>drill them
Why would you need to? Waste of time and you could resell them, depending on the brand.
>>61565845
No Debbie, you're still going to prison
>>61573088
They were all damaged already
>>61573143
Makes sense.
Drill baby, drill!
You know, you might corrupt some data but that is still HIGHLY recoverable to any major intelligence agency. You should have encrypted them before busting them, or re-write them with something. And if you're gonna physically bust a disk you better to it plate by plate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o
No, you need to SHRED the drives
>>61565845
Trigger warning for us data hoarders next time please.
>>61573184
Will the garbage man be able to recover data? Because that's all that matters
>>61571158
>>61571260
>>61573237
Depends if the garbage man is an undercover agent or not.
>>61573276
Exactly. It depends on who you are trying to stop from snooping.
FDE or stuff like Dban will stop a casual from getting your data but a government agency has better tools and resources to recover that information.
Physically destroying the platters is the only way to be 100% sure the data is gone.
>>61565845
Wipe them with a cloth
>>61565845
Not for a Sith.
This is my apprentice, Darth FBI. He will find your lost data.
>>61571158
>bury them in woods
what did the environment do to you
>>61574488
allow me to live
>>61574502
then why are you polluting it
>>61574517
That was my reason for hating it
>>61574536
I chuckled
>>61574584
wish I remember what that felt like