Throwing away computer and saw a tv show about how people can crack into your old hard drive and get personal data and commit fraud.
2006-11-03 06:59:57 · 12 answers · asked by Daniel D 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Formatting wont do it, smashing it may not get the job done, put the harddrive in the oven at 250 degrees for 10 minutes! Thats how the pros do it! This will melt the disk in the drive. Alchemist is a dip too! 250 degrees WILL melt the hard drive disk! This is the place all of your valuables are stored! A magnet wont do it either because the disk is shunt protected! I have been building computers since 1972! Alch! Stick to fixin sandwiches cause you dam sure no nothing of electronics components!
2006-11-03 07:14:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 minutes in a 250 degree oven won't even ruin the electronics on a hard drive. 30 minutes in a 400 degree oven would cook the electronics, but the data on the platters will be as good as it ever was.
To ruin a hard drive, just remove it, and place any large magnet (20 oz. or larger) on the drive. Leave it for awhile, and it's completely safe to throw away. That will not only destroy the electronics, it will destroy all of the magnetized data, also, and make it completely unrecoverable, by anyone.
2006-11-03 15:30:21 · answer #2 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am going to give you a pretty unusual solution.
Even if you delete your data, it stays there till you overwrite it.
So what I suggest is format it, delete the partitions, start all over with fdisk tool. Then the fill up the hard drive to its capacity with useless data like movies. So this will over write what ever you had inside it. Also, then if your hard drive is usable you could safely sell it. What say ?
2006-11-05 09:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jayant P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can format the drive before discardingg it. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-06 19:17:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey deniel there is only thing tht a powerfull megante is enough to destroy ur harddrive its very easy and convenient way for u.Just put a magnet on the harddrive surface for 5 mins or more. u just done it.
2006-11-04 02:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by chirag 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a beach place da hard drive on beach then
call in da guys on a (F16) there do a fast hit on it
booom hard drive gone
2006-11-04 06:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Break it with a hammer. 4 bangs would suffice
2006-11-04 04:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by Govinda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delete the partition every thing become history.
2006-11-03 15:03:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a secure erase program if you don't want to make hard-drive souffle :-)
2006-11-03 15:34:05 · answer #9 · answered by SHAWN G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
slaw it to the ground a couple of times. umm, maybe burn it take out all the disk and break them. i think taht would discourage anyone.
2006-11-03 15:02:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋