[SLL] How do you Destroy a Hard drive

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006, Rob Blomquist wrote:
>On Monday 31 July 2006 02:34 pm, Chuck Wolber wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Brad Willson wrote:
>> > I'm curious about the effect of a ten-fifteen minute bath in liquid
>> > nitrogen and a subsequent whack with a ball-peen hammer (taking
>> > appropriate safety precautions, of course).
>>
>> If anyone has a supply of said liquid, I'm sure we could find a few drives
>> to demonstrate it. I'm up for some fun this Saturday if anyone wants to
>> join in (assuming we can get our hands on some liquid nitrogen)
>
>It amazes me that thermite has not been mentioned. Especially when discussion 
>of magnesium frames was brought up, it caused me to think of magensium 
>thermite, which is how a unnamed high school got its front doors welded shut 
>one day. And I think it would be a righteous way to destroy a hard drive. And 
>I have a few I could sacrifice to the cause.

Not to mention the M.I.T. students who would weld trolly cars to
the tracks in Boston with termite.  My best friend from high
school went to M.I.T, and said that this hsppened so frequently
that the MTA had dealing with it down to a science.  Two cranes
would come from each end of the trolly, cut the rails, lift the
trolly, weld in new rails, and leave, taking the trolly back to
the maintenance area for a railectomy.

Bill
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