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How do I destroy the data on a crashed hard drive?
2-26-2009 | Me

Posted on 02/26/2009 9:00:20 PM PST by Paleo Conservative

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To: JRios1968

And???

Sounds intriguing!


81 posted on 02/26/2009 9:28:39 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Backhoe and 5 acres.

Works for the libs I capture, should work for top secret stuff on a hard drive. ;>)


82 posted on 02/26/2009 9:29:02 PM PST by Gator113 ("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
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To: uptoolate
"I smell another commercial on Rush for Carbonite.

I was thinking the same thing as I wrote post. Ha! He is a genius sneaking those in at the top of the hour.

83 posted on 02/26/2009 9:29:37 PM PST by Big_Monkey
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To: Kurt Evans

MEEP MEEP!

:-)
84 posted on 02/26/2009 9:29:38 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: dfwgator
1.21 Gigawatts? It's a running gag.
85 posted on 02/26/2009 9:29:46 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: smokingfrog

Just remember, don’t cross the streams.


86 posted on 02/26/2009 9:30:39 PM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Paleo Conservative
You don't need to destroy it. Just ask Obama to store it with his birth certificate.

-PJ

87 posted on 02/26/2009 9:31:49 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
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To: pillut48

I always miss the “And” part...you know, while I am in the shower


88 posted on 02/26/2009 9:32:55 PM PST by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: Do not invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Physically destroy the drive. A sledge applied repeatedly can do a fine job, as can a 12 ga. filled with buckshot (but don’t stand too close!). You have to damage the platters inside to make them completely unrecoverable.

I imagine a cutting torch or plasma cutter would be kind of interesting to try on it too!


89 posted on 02/26/2009 9:33:50 PM PST by TheBattman (Pray for our country....)
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To: Paleo Conservative

The only way to truly make the drive unreadable is to destroy it.

There are numerous ways to do this. Anything from Hydrochloric Acid to Thermite to Magnetic Degaussing. Other ways would be to drill holes numerous thru it(but data can still be read from the non-drilled areas). Or use a hacksaw. Or a grinder with a 60 grit sanding disk. Or put it on a lathe. Or melt it.

:)


90 posted on 02/26/2009 9:39:39 PM PST by KarenMarie
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To: pillut48

I have had fabulous results with this software over the years.

http://www.stellarinfo.com/

It gets rated in the top 10 in my circles.


91 posted on 02/26/2009 9:42:06 PM PST by KarenMarie
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To: Paleo Conservative

Hammer Time!

92 posted on 02/26/2009 9:44:37 PM PST by Cyberrat (Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.)
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To: pillut48

This might be a stupid question. I mean no insult.

Have you tried using the file transfer wizard to get the files back off the hard drive?

You didn’t just try to get the files with explorer did you?


93 posted on 02/26/2009 9:45:31 PM PST by Dinsdale
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To: Paleo Conservative

Ummm..., take a sledge hammer and pound it into pieces, especially the platter for the hard drive...

Once you get it into pieces, then dispose of the pieces in different places.


94 posted on 02/26/2009 9:46:11 PM PST by Star Traveler
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To: Paleo Conservative

Take a ball peen hammer and smash the heck out of it. That is the advice from my husband who’s job is I.T.


95 posted on 02/26/2009 9:46:26 PM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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To: Paleo Conservative

A good magnet will do the trick nicely.


96 posted on 02/26/2009 9:47:19 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: pillut48

Some motherboards support multiple hard drives. If one hard drive is bootable you can connect the non-bootable hard drive and you may be able to recover the files directly. That’s what I did with my old PC, then the new drive eventually crashed, and I bought a lap-top (the old pc became obsolete anyhow) and I never got around to recovering the data from either of the the two old hard drives.


97 posted on 02/26/2009 9:48:30 PM PST by death2tyrants
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To: Kurt Evans
Heh, you can't go wrong with Acme!

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98 posted on 02/26/2009 9:50:24 PM PST by death2tyrants
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To: Dinsdale

Not a stupid question at all! Yes, I tried to use the FTW to retrieve the files, but when I go into the program, it won’t recognize the external hard drive where they are stored (says it’s “not a valid location”—I’m wondering if I need to copy the old files and change the extension on the files so the wizard will recognize them? What extension would work?
I’m willing to try anything at this point!


99 posted on 02/26/2009 9:53:13 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: Star Traveler
Once you get it into pieces, then dispose of the pieces in different places.

It'll never work. The feds will find them. They always find them. They're watching your every move.
100 posted on 02/26/2009 9:54:04 PM PST by Kurt Evans (This message not approved by any candidate or candidate's committee.)
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