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
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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.