Re: Killing the old i5

I love taking HDs apart and keeping the magnets in them. They're super
strong and great for the workshop. :)

And in the process, just shatter the drives.

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On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Reference-
Library/View-by-Document-Type/General-Articles/T/Tips-for-
Hard-Drive-Destruction-and-Disposal.aspx

They will shred your hard drives, give you a certificate of destruction
and not leave any serial numbers at the gun range which can be tracked to
you for that environmental fine.




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From: DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"(WalzCraft) Jerry Forss" <JForss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/25/2017 09:52 AM
Subject: Re: Killing the old i5
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



If you are serious about drive destruction find a service that does
that. Some bring various shredders to your building shred the entire
thing on site.

Other companies offer services where they bend them in an arbor press or
piece them with multiple rods

Some drives have platters that will shatter so put the drive on a solid
surface and strike it on the cover with a 2 or 3 lb hammer, HARD. If the
drive sounds like a kids rattle now, it's toast.

And of course there is always the ever enjoyable gun range. Line 'em up
and make with the mayhem!! (Hint: a 0.22 isn't sufficient for this task.)

Honestly though if you've ended RAID, re-installed the LIC and made even
one pass over the drives with 'initialize and format' they are done.
While in theory (and so far as I know it's ONLY theory thus far) you
could get data back from the drives the cost to get any small amount is
so high that it would be far simply to just figure out a way to get
hands on a backup tape!!!

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 10/25/2017 9:30 AM, (WalzCraft) Jerry Forss wrote:

Hi All,

We upgraded to a Power 8 in August and want to kill the i5.

What is the best way to init the drives?

20 drives, (60gb and 30gb)
The owner also wants to crack open the drive cases to make sure they are

unrecoverable.

Also, anyone know of where to sell 2 external LTO3 tape drives, if

sellable.

Jerry Forss
Information Technology Team
WalzCraft
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