Robert L Cochran wrote: > I think the idea of dropping a hard drive in brine is funny. Hence the > ha ha! ok. be aware that you would have to open cover to allow good saturation of inner contents. many drives are sealed in such a way that there is little to no venting. this is to keep moisture out and prevent rust, oxidation or other corroding of inner surfaces. some have pressure compensation. > That's another interesting suggestion. Very imaginative too! it works. but be sure that you do not inhale fumes. iron oxide particles are not good for lungs. all in all, it is one of easiest ways insuring that all data is destroyed. passing a large strong magnet over surfaces is second easiest. i have used ceramic magnets from speakers. 2 of same size on opposite sides of disk with poles attracting is very effective. just put something on surfaces to allow movement of disk. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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