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Greysky
- Jan 1, 1970
- 0
I recently had a 80 gig Maxtor hard drive die on me. Though it was still
under warranty (just) I decided a much better use for it was to turn it into
a show-and-tell for the local elementary school kids. I finally managed to
get the cover off the thing, exposing the inner platters. Someone told me a
Torx 10 would fit those crazy screws on the cover plate - they were wrong.
I had to drill them off. Now, I need to know a sure fire way of wiping data
off the platters for good. The machine died before I could erase it inside
the computer, so far I have a bunch of 'super magnets' which I dropped
directly onto the platters and let them stay there overnight. Do you think
this is enough? I would like to get them as deleted as I can possibly get
them, but still be able to use the drive as a demonstration device for the
kids. Thanks.
under warranty (just) I decided a much better use for it was to turn it into
a show-and-tell for the local elementary school kids. I finally managed to
get the cover off the thing, exposing the inner platters. Someone told me a
Torx 10 would fit those crazy screws on the cover plate - they were wrong.
I had to drill them off. Now, I need to know a sure fire way of wiping data
off the platters for good. The machine died before I could erase it inside
the computer, so far I have a bunch of 'super magnets' which I dropped
directly onto the platters and let them stay there overnight. Do you think
this is enough? I would like to get them as deleted as I can possibly get
them, but still be able to use the drive as a demonstration device for the
kids. Thanks.