this is why the government is so hard on destroying hard drives !

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:22 pm

i just took a old Quantum prodrive lps 270 MB HARD DRIVE to the grave i thought .
last night 01-12-2004 as a experiment . i grab this old hd from a old COMPAQ and just put it on my junk parts shelf between Christmas and news years !
anyway so after my first post how to clean a hard drive i said ! lets find out if i can experiment and have a little fun to !
so i went in the basement and drilled a 1/4 hole in the top of the case . took some brake clean and sprayed it in the hole . then some lighter fluid was added to the brake clean . and i took the hd into back yard and lit a match

as you see in these pictures i took after doing the that last night the disk still looked good ! when i took the HD cover off .
so i drilled a 1/4 hole in the platter disk on the hard drive.
and then went and took out the propane torch . i also made sure i had a fire extinguisher handy !
here are the pictures in this link !

not tested but i have a good feeling the disk after all this still could be read in part !

link to pictures

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:25 pm

"The PCA experiment of the Month"

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:41 pm

I'm just glad we didn't see any naked bellringers in the reflection.. BONG!! lmao..

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:53 pm

hah, looks like you had fun!

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:20 pm

why don't u try some acid ? part 2 lmao

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:23 pm

may do more to it

hehehe

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:26 pm

BTW burning the HD means nothing and data can still be recovered. The only way is to write zeros to the drive like 4 or 7 times. I know the government standard is either 4 or 7.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:30 pm

nah... go to a scrap yard.. find one of them electro magnets that the cranes use and turn that on and off a few times.

This crane doesent look like it has room enuff for the generator for that magnet to work at full power.

This crane has a 15,000 watt gennerator for the magnet and can lift about 25 tons.

This one has a 21,000 watt gennerator and can lift 40 tons.

Nether have the booms attached cause they are set up for shippin via any rail road.

I used to live next to a scarp yard and seen thies types of cranes go at it all day moving stuff all over the place.

Shadow250 · Post by **Shadow250** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:07 pm

burning it does work i toasted one till it was red hot with an acetyelene torch it was not shiny at
all when it cooled and it warped.

PreDatoR · Post by **PreDatoR** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:13 pm

32oz hammer does wonders.

If its broken in tiny pieces it ain't gonna work

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 10:11 am

you need to collect the magnet that's inside the hard drive!
man those suckers are strong!! I use it to magnetize my screw drivers and hold all my screws so they aren't all over the floor

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:20 pm

yea... them neodineum (sp) magnets are strong. i put one on my oil filter.

MK888 · Post by **MK888** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:29 pm

My friend stuck one to the fridge a while back, and had to get a screwdriver to pry it off.

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this is why the government is so hard on destroying hard drives !

this is why the government is so hard on destroying hard drives !

Heh..