Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:23:26 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's in my hard drive? How can I get rid of it? Message-ID: <54E59D7E.7030901@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20150218173047.GA53030@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <54E39F83.70002@gmail.com> <mc0ad5$qu2$1@ger.gmane.org> <20150218173047.GA53030@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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On 18/02/2015 17:30, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 04:04:36PM -0500, Michael Powell wrote: >> jd1008 wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> Remove the cover. Remove the platters. Smash all platters with large sledge >> hammer until all pieces are fairly small. Melt material with oxyacetylene >> welders torch. Repeat smashing with hammer. Soak for few hours in > >> hydrofluoric acid. > > Probably a case of the cure being worse than the disease! > OTOH, HF can definitely free you of all worries about harddrives. > > Of course if you *really* want to dial it up to 11 you go directly for ClF3. > Pouring that in the enclosure would probably make further steps unneccesary. Alternatively, further steps, at high speed and in the direction of away become *very* necessary. I presume you're familiar with this quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride#Rocket_propellant :-) -- Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to GOTO 1
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