Actually, if you do the 1/4 hole idea, it *really* helps to then turn the drive on. The drives will often shred themselves.<br><br>If you're in the Navy, of course, you just toss the platters overboard and let the salt water do it's thing.<br>
<br>-Josh<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Ryan Coleman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryanjcole@me.com">ryanjcole@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Yaron wrote:<br>
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> On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Adam Nave wrote:<br>
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>> I gotta say, physically destroying drives is serious overkill for the home<br>
>> user.<br>
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> I believe you misspelled "serious fun".<br>
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As a former DoD family member one said: The only way to make sure there's nothing recoverable on the drive (meaning not making it financially worth it to recover) is to drill a few holes randomly spaced from the center of the drive with a 1/4" bit.<br>
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Apparently that's the "DoD-proof" level of data destruction.<br>
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