Re: What do you do with your personal home dead/broken storage drives (e.g., old HDDs) that you want to get rid of?

VanguardLH <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:30:17 -0600
Newsgroups alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
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Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ant wrote:
>
>> What do you do with your personal home dead/broken storage drives (e.g.,
>> old HDDs) that you want to get rid of? Do you physically destroy them at
>> home and toss the pieces into trash? Go to a place that have drive
>> shredders (can't find many around my location)?
> 
> Screwdriver through the air vent, scratch the disks.

Never thought I'd have the strength to push a screwdriver, or even a
small awl, through the cinter filter in the pressure equalization port.
A drill and bit might work.