Re: Proper disposal of hard drives?

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would have mentioned a wiping program but David had said the drives were
in various states of operation.  To me, that indicated the drive might not
be usable in a normal machine but might still be able to be scanned with
special or dedicated equipment.

To be sure, if the drive can be brought online, a DOD wipe should be
adequate.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Bill <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Gibbs wrote:
> > I've got a few hard drives that have failed ... bad sectors, bad logic
> > boards, etc.
> >
> > What's the best way to dispose of them so nobody can get any information
> > from them?
>
> Interesting that no one mentioned a wiping program.  Wiping is usually
> the response for an iSeries drive, but not here?
>
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Active-Kill-Disk-Hard-Drive-Eraser/3000-2092_4-10073508.html
>
>
> This way you can now recycle usefully.
>
> Bill
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