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ReallyEvilCanine — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:39:17 -0000

Physically bending the platters without demagnetising them will leave some data recoverable. Thermite is faster, cheaper and more effective, though a tad more dangerous. There are also slow rotational crushers which can turn at least 60 drives per minute into tiny chips of scrap.metal and plastic.

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Sun, 04 May 2008 03:53:52 -0000

They are if you steal them from building sites ^_^

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Alexander Muse — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:32:54 -0000

Shamil - cinderblocks tend to break and they are not, as you suggest, free...

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shamil — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:29:03 -0000

I use a cinderblock. They're free.

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Mike — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:45:14 -0000

You could buy a log splitter for much less, and it would do double duty.

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flink — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:17:04 -0000

This is nothing more than a hydraulic ram. You could DIY one of these for about $200.

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Alexander Muse — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:31:49 -0000

So, I agree with reflection. Save the $11K and buy a $11 hammer. Works just fine for me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmuse/307226463/

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reflection — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:15:31 -0000

I have an old form of this - it's called a hammer. :)

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ap3x — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:59:49 -0000

My old .22 rifle destroys hard drives just fine, and it's cheaper and probably more fun...

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shinyplastic — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:40:26 -0000

The 10 seconds vs. 60 an hour does make sense: it takes 10 seconds to crush a drive but you need the other 50 seconds to load and unload the machine giving you 60 crushes per hour.

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