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[c0ldfyr3 Profile]

I just put the platters on my speaker magnets and crank up teh stereo.. 1200 watts does the trick i believe. then i scratch them with a wirebrush, then toss it in the trash.

[einstein3756 Profile ICQYIM]

There are some good utilities that you should be able to download and use which will get rid of all the data on the drives. The one I use is found at Iolo.com. One of their programs called "System Mechanic" has a 30 day free trial and they have what is called "Incinerator" that just takes a minute to install and it will overwrite whatever files you put in it up to 10 times even though the government considers 7 times to be enough for maximum file destruction.

[trex Profile]

system mechanic works good . keep in mind it over writes free space so wipe the drive . being a mechanic for real, my oxy- acetelene torch will send it flying across the garage floor in molten flaming balls.

[imnuts Profile Website]

if you want to erase the data, use dban. It's what a lot of places use to kill the data securely on their hard drives, and it works fairly well. the only problem I have with it is that you need a ps2 keyboard for it. other than that, it works great.