Destroy a hard drive without proper equipment
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Mar 15, 202635632 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
I need to make two hard drives unreadable. Unfortunately, I have some constraints which make this harder than usual (in particular, they rule out the answers to other questions): I don’t have a computer to mount the drives and erase them (weird, right?) I don’t have a strong magnet I don’t have the…
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Free Method: repeatedly throw the HDD against a sidewalk or concrete wall until it comes apart. Then continue to smash the platters (internal disks) until they are extremely damaged. Side Note: This also provides some stress relief.
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