Thread: Best way to wipe hard drive?

Light it on fire and dance around it naked while chanting in tongues.

Bleach.

Originally Posted by gescom

take a hammer to it.

ohhhh that is so much fun! I did this once before to a laptop drive with a sledge hammer. 1000 pieces of hard drive is so cool.

So should I take the magnets to it, then sledgehammer it, then light the pieces on fire?

Originally Posted by Dana

So should I take the magnets to it, then sledgehammer it, then light the pieces on fire?

basically do whatever it is necessary to kill a potato bug... then do it again!

Originally Posted by gescom

basically do whatever it is necessary to kill a potato bug... then do it again!

Enchanted Jade Scimitars aren't that easy to come by these days...

Originally Posted by Dana

So should I take the magnets to it, then sledgehammer it, then light the pieces on fire?

Don't forget the dancing around naked and chanting. It's important.

DBAN on a 7 time wipe, and use a high speed drill or a drill press to put a bunch of holes in each platter. Works great.

Originally Posted by Dana

So should I take the magnets to it, then sledgehammer it, then light the pieces on fire?

Smart Computing Article - Be Safe & Erase

The U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) outlines standards for hard drive erasing (or "sanitizing") in its National Industry Security Program Operating Manual, which provides guidelines for preventing unauthorized disclosure of classified information. As part of a "clearing and sanitization matrix," the DoD recommends erasing a hard drive by either degaussing with a Type I or Type II degausser; overwriting the drive with random characters; or destroying the drive by disintegrating, incinerating, pulverizing, shredding, or melting. While some of these methods will indeed prevent hard drive data recovery, not all of them are either practical or particularly effective.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qKRojrEKM"]YouTube - How to Wipe a Hard Drive[/ame]