It's pretty well accepted that multiple iterations of dd'ing from /dev/zero over the whole disk will sufficiently eradicate the data. Ideally you want to destroy the platters, e.g. with a nailgun/drill/hammer, and grind them up really well =) Besides, it's a pretty good time going to town on some old drives with a sledge hammer. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:01 PM, wes smith <james007wjs at gmail.com> wrote: > One drive to rule them all? Just make sure you actually throw it in at >> Mordor or it will not be actually destroyed. >> >> Hard drive destruction techniques. Sounds like an interesting idea for a >> MythBusters episodes. >> > > One does not simply throw a harddrive into Mordor. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Ben Lutgens Linux / Unix System Administrator Three of your friends throw up after eating chicken salad. Do you think: "I should find more robust friends" or "we should check that refrigerator"? -- Donald Becker, on vortex-bug, suspecting a network-wide problem -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120120/c2f9f0e9/attachment.html>