Re: Proper disposal of hard drives?

Good grief. Please don't. You'll just release toxic chemicals into the air
if you do.

Use a screwdriver & remove the circuit board. Snap it in two. Take a drill
with a bit made for metal & drill 2 or 3 holes through the platters. After
that it would take Hurculean effort and expense to recover the data.

Then check with your city/county government or waste hauler about safe
electronics recycling.

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Toss them on the grill for 20 minutes after your next cook out.

David Gibbs wrote:

I've got a few hard drives that have failed ... bad sectors, bad logic
boards, etc.

What's the best way to dispose of them so nobody can get any information
from them?

Thanks!

david

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