rontaki
Silver Member
I destroy the data on a hard drive (not SSD) by taking it apart, bending the platters and I get to keep the strong neodymium magnets inside. Bending the platters causes the oxide layer (that has the data) to flake off, and makes it almost impossible to recover data from.
The bits needed to remove the cover and internal parts are cheap and plentiful nowadays.
Some platters are not made of aluminum, rather they are glass! A bit of a surprise when trying to bend one.
Wear safety glasses! Let's see data recovered from that!
Finally, I have a lifetime supply of strong magnets from all the drives I've sanitized this way.
The bits needed to remove the cover and internal parts are cheap and plentiful nowadays.
Some platters are not made of aluminum, rather they are glass! A bit of a surprise when trying to bend one.
Wear safety glasses! Let's see data recovered from that!
Finally, I have a lifetime supply of strong magnets from all the drives I've sanitized this way.