Best way to destroy a hard drive?
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As per US department of defense external contractor requirements:
For magnetic media cleaning:
Overwrite all addressable locations with a character, its complement, then a random character and verify. THIS METHOD IS NOT APPROVED FOR SANITIZING MEDIA THAT CONTAINS TOP SECRET INFORMATION.
http://www.killdisk.com/ - is a $ utility.
Regards.
MJ.
For magnetic media cleaning:
Overwrite all addressable locations with a character, its complement, then a random character and verify. THIS METHOD IS NOT APPROVED FOR SANITIZING MEDIA THAT CONTAINS TOP SECRET INFORMATION.
http://www.killdisk.com/ - is a $ utility.
Regards.
MJ.
actually http://www.killdisk.com/ has a free utility as well, but it doesn't comply with DOD requirements. someone with enough time and resources would probably be able to recover at least some data - probably reserved to military grade information recovery labs though.
MJ.
MJ.
If you want dod or better capabilities then use the eraser product developed by Tolvanen
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
I'm not even going to ask what was on it
Drill a couple holes in the drive, including drilling through the middle of at least one IC chip visible on the circuit board.
Then put it into a Ziploc plastic "freezer bag", lay it on a cement floor, and smash it a half dozen times with a hammer.
Then put the mangled drive into a plastic trash bag and fill up the bag with the contents of your cat's litterbox. The more kitty logs, the better. Pour in a quart of liquid ammonia (like one of these ), which the cat litter will absorb.
Take the trash bag at least 5km from your house and toss it into someone else's garbage can. Ideally, a huge dumpster 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet, behind a large business or apartment complex.
Then put it into a Ziploc plastic "freezer bag", lay it on a cement floor, and smash it a half dozen times with a hammer.
Then put the mangled drive into a plastic trash bag and fill up the bag with the contents of your cat's litterbox. The more kitty logs, the better. Pour in a quart of liquid ammonia (like one of these ), which the cat litter will absorb.
Take the trash bag at least 5km from your house and toss it into someone else's garbage can. Ideally, a huge dumpster 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet, behind a large business or apartment complex.
