[Dataloss] hard drive destruction

[George Toft]

speaking of grinders . . .

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George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
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Joe Francis wrote:
> I agree.  To worry about microscopy on the drive, it means that the 
> FBI/CIA/NSA or another TLA is after you ... in which case they'll probably 
> just kick in your door if they know where you live (which they must if 
> they are stealing your trash).
> 
> I personally "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda && dd if=/dev/urandom 
> of=/dev/hda" and then run a drill bit through the drive (not right down 
> the middle of the spindle, but somewhere to the side but still hit the 
> platters).  I think I drill moreso because it's fun than any other reason, 
> though :)
> 
> Really paranoid places have grinders that can reduce any media (drives, 
> removable devices, CDs, etc) to a powder.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, *Hobbit* wrote:
> 
> 
>>For the 99% case, "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda" from a linux distrib
>>booted to a shell will probably suffice.  Or maybe from /dev/random,
>>which would take much longer.  I wouldn't think scammers in Nigeria
>>or wherever are the ones going after old drives with magnetic-force
>>microscopy or in-depth head-signal analysis...
>>
>>Clearly, the answer is to fill the drive up with pr0n and then
>>send it off!
>>
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