Re: Proper disposal of hard drives?

["Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Mike

A .50 AE in a Desert Eagle works fine...45 long colt from a Judge should
work as well... :)



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Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:32 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Proper disposal of hard drives?

Here in Blue Earth county in MN they take electronics any time. Most  
things you need to pay for though. I asked what they did with the hard  
drives. At the time they said they demolished them. I like the 50 cal  
slug idea. Too bad they are had to come by. Would a 20 guage shot gun  
slug work?(or is it 12 gauge that is bigger?)

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Mike Wills
http://mikewills.info

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On Aug 8, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Once a year we have a free electronics dump-off here in Palatine.   
> This
> year I really cleaned out the junk; they didn't believe that I wasn't
> cleaning out an office.  Wheaton has something similar on the first
> Saturday of every month.
>
> Joe
> > 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.
>
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