Manual Hard Drive Destroyer
Many people think that a file is destroyed forever by simply clearing and emptying the recycle bin … however, deleted files can be recovered using special software, even after formatting a hard disk.
If you want to make sure your data is effectively removed, the only way you should do is physically destroy it! In some way, eg using the Manual Hard Drive Destroyer . Simply insert the disk into a slot, tours and you have the handle bent 90 degrees.
Do not be surprised if one day you hear that the CIA or some other similar organization have a machine capable of recovering damaged hard disks as they like … so if you’re really paranoid destroy it use a flamethrower or a steamroller …
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Comments
Boot and Nuke.
overwrite a drive once with 0’s in a gnu system then find someone willing to try and get your info. Try it. It’s pretty cheap.
For some reason, I don’t believe that will do the job 100%. Pretty cool though.
i sledge hammer works just as well at a way lower cost, but none the less its pretty cool
cool device but a zeroing program works just as well dont you think
Just run this:
#!/bin/bash
$DRIVE = /dev/sda # change this to your hard drive you wanna erase
$COUNT = 0
while [ $COUNT -lt 16 ] : do
dd if=/dev/zero of=$DRIVE && dd if=/dev/urandom of=$DRIVE
COUNT = $[$COUNT+1]
done
dd count=1 bs=1024 if=/dev/zero of=$DRIVE # erase the first 1megabyte to clear the MBR and partition table
You know… you COULD just ZERO the drive out completely and not spend the money. The only people who’d be able to read your HDD after dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx are those with electron tunneling microsocopes.
What a waste of money.
I’m an IT guy for a large company. I have a drill press in my office for this very reason. A couple holes through the platters and you won’t have any worries about people getting your data. Drilling through the platters makes more sense than the goofy looking hard drive destroyer that appears to just bend the cover?
Boot and Nuke is fine for just about any data you might have. DoD standard is seven wipe, and the data is virtually unrecoverable. Use the 32 wipe if you are ultra paranoid. It is actually better than a flamethrower because disk data has been recovered from burn damage. The government and businesses that have ultra secret data use commercial shredders to destroy the disks. Wipe em, cut em into little pieces, and incinerate!
Meph has it right for the most part, just swap the “of” and “if” places, otherwise you’ll wreck your own HD hehe. Still an overall useless thing, a couple drill holes will do you just fine, by the time you bend the platters trying to drill, and then actually drill through them- there’s no way anyone’s getting anything from that drive.