Re: Coercivity of current HD platters?

In article <dmc3mf$82$4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nick Chalk <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>_firstname_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> All this talk about how to destroy disk drives
>> so the information can't be read any more ...
>> and two obvious solutions have not come up.
>...
>
>Thanks - that was much enjoyed by the other staff!
>
>Unfortunately, chemicals, blow torches, and
>firearms are not the sort of things we can leave
>our clients with. We also need something
>relatively fast, given the volume of equipment we
>process each month.
>
>Nick.

Give them a sledge hammer and instructions to beat on the disk against
a concrete floor until the platters are bent way out of flat.

Will the person that thinks anyone can get any useful data off these
platters afterwords please raise you hand.




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