 OT! Destroying old hard drives and backup tapes |
|
|
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
|
  |
| Qarl |
 Aug 2 2006, 09:17 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Shriveled member  Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,233 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Florida Member No.: 271 Region Association: None   |
I literally have about 4 dozen old hard drives (between 6 and 10 gigabytes each) and about 60 old backup tapes that I need to secure lyerase and destroy.
Can I go to my local surplus store and get a mega magnet (like the one you would retrieve crap off of the bottom of a lake using a rope) and demagnetize and erase them? They have medical information on them and I need to render the drives usesless and unreadable. I do not want to sit there for 6 hours witha sledge hammer and I don't have enough drill bits to drill through the platters? Will a heavy duty magnet work? What are my other options. |
   |
 
|
| r_towle |
Aug 2 2006, 09:22 PM
Post
#2
|
|
Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
|
the only sure way (DOD approved) is to destroy the platters themselves..
If you dont want to take them apart and break the platters, there are companies that do this as part of the business. Ask around, look in the yellow pages..they used to just come with portable shredders, now I think they have heavy duty ones for things like hard drives..and you can watch to sign off on the job. If you cant find one, contact a local defense contractor...ask the IT guys..or the head of Security...its there job to destroy the stuff, so they know who the companies are.. Rich |
|
|
|
| cha914 |
Aug 2 2006, 09:23 PM
Post
#3
|
|
MUSR 8 - 5lug conversion done wed - drive 500miles thrus Group: Members Posts: 739 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 63 |
plasma cutter? a drill press would make pretty good work of them also, just need one hole all the way through and you are pretty much done.
We have a electromagnet machine at work that we use to erase tapes and hard drives, might check with a local university to see if they have something similar you can use. Or go to a highschool and challenge the kids to see who can destroy their harddrive the fastest! Good luck, Tony |
|
|
|
| JoeSharp |
Aug 2 2006, 10:00 PM
Post
#5
|
|
In Irvine, Ca. May 15-18 Group: Members Posts: 3,947 Joined: 9-July 03 From: DeLand, Florida Member No.: 898 Region Association: South East States |
Carl: You need to build a small mound of dirt and next to it in the hole where it came from, place the drives and use your triger fringer to put the holes in them.
:PERMAGRIN: Joe |
|
|
|
| Gint |
Aug 2 2006, 10:15 PM
Post
#6
|
|
Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Ever pointed that Mosin Nagant at a hard drive? Give it a whirl. I had a blast (literally) last time.
|
|
|
|
| anthony |
Aug 2 2006, 10:21 PM
Post
#7
|
|
2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218 |
QUOTE(Qarl @ Aug 2 2006, 08:17 PM)  I do not want to sit there for 6 hours witha sledge hammer and I don't have enough drill bits to drill through the platters? Sounds like about 10 minutes of work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) One hit per tape and two hits per drive should do it. |
|
|
|
| swl |
Aug 2 2006, 10:23 PM
Post
#8
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,409 Joined: 7-August 05 From: Kingston,On,Canada Member No.: 4,550 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Aug 2 2006, 07:22 PM) If you cant find one, contact a local defense contractor...ask the IT guys..or the head of Security...its there job to destroy the stuff, so they know who the companies are.. Rich (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) There are firms that will do it for a price. I'm also seeing the computer recycling industry starting to emerge. They grind electronic components into sawdust and then separate the different components - it is an evironmental thing. They aren't in the data security business but once a drive goes through their shredder even the spooks couldn't put it back together. Tapes are a bit different. We used to use a vibrating electromagnet to erase backup tapes. I think though with enough time and effort though someone could read it - just not with a normal drive. Writing a stream of 1s and 0s is a cheap and effective way of deleting as well. Going low tech - I bet they would burn well. |
|
|
|
| iamchappy |
Aug 2 2006, 10:27 PM
Post
#9
|
|
It all happens so fast! Group: Members Posts: 4,893 Joined: 5-November 03 From: minnetonka, mn Member No.: 1,315 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
You could burn the tapes. Shoot up the rest.
|
|
|
|
| GWN7 |
Aug 2 2006, 10:29 PM
Post
#10
|
|
King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
If you don't want to shoot them, a bonfire works too. Roast some marshmellos and toss the drives in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
|
|
|
|
| Trekkor |
Aug 2 2006, 10:36 PM
Post
#11
|
|
I do things... Group: Members Posts: 7,809 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Napa, Ca Member No.: 1,413 Region Association: Northern California |
|
|
|
|
| GWN7 |
Aug 2 2006, 10:49 PM
Post
#12
|
|
King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
seeing Miles is MIA........stuff them in chickens and feed them to gators
|
|
|
|
| elwood-914 |
Aug 2 2006, 11:09 PM
Post
#13
|
|
elwood-914 Group: Members Posts: 387 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Plymouth CA Member No.: 38 |
whoa...wait........how much nekid stuff ya got on there......maybe a great gift to Miles to get him off the goat kick (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
|
|
|
|
| rick 918-S |
Aug 2 2006, 11:16 PM
Post
#14
|
|
Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,457 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
|
http://www.lwgconsulting.com/locations/index.html
Try these guys. They have a location in Orlando. They are defense contract secure data recovery experts. I've used them for Insurance claims. If they can recover it, they can destroy it too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) |
|
|
|
| swood |
Aug 3 2006, 12:06 AM
Post
#15
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,839 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Strong Beach Member No.: 251 Region Association: None |
I say first you shoot them.
Then you burn them. Then you drown them. Then you hang them. Then you hammer them. And lastly, you insult them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) |
|
|
|
| So.Cal.914 |
Aug 3 2006, 12:13 AM
Post
#16
|
|
"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
A degauser would probably work (magnet) but if you had a cutting torch or
know someone that does it would make short order of those tapes and harddrives. |
|
|
|
| sj914 |
Aug 3 2006, 02:00 AM
Post
#17
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 20-August 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,053 |
Take them to skeet range and have some fun shooting them to bits.
|
|
|
|
| balljoint |
Aug 3 2006, 05:58 AM
Post
#18
|
|
914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,000 Joined: 6-April 04 Member No.: 1,897 Region Association: None |
Hmmmm, do you know any Hobbits? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stan.gif)
|
|
|
|
| mikelsr |
Aug 3 2006, 06:23 AM
Post
#19
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 657 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Mahomet, IL Member No.: 3,390 Region Association: Southwest Region |
On the serious side, if you want to securely erase a disk there are established procedures and specifications for doing so. Our company used to produce such a product but since there are so many free ones out there we dropped it. As I remember it, we overwrote the data a minimum of 7 or more times with certain types of data. We would then truncate the file to prevent anyone from seeing what the size of the file was. We would also allow you to erase an entire disk using the same algorithm. You may ask why 7 times and the answer is that the residual magnetism from past writes can be detected with the correct gear.
Do a google search for file shredder and then search for one that meets the DoD/military or other standards. Once this is done, get a big f***ing hammer and have fun! Or put them in front of a dragster and have them do a burn on over the top of them! Mike |
|
|
|
| ken914 |
Aug 3 2006, 06:28 AM
Post
#20
|
|
Whole lot 'O 914/6 Group: Members Posts: 157 Joined: 15-November 04 From: Mount Pleasant, SC Member No.: 3,122 |
I think Norton Utilities makes a program to do this. Basically it just erases the files, then creates random noise files to fill the entire disc. The erases and repeats 7 or 8 times. Gets all those little electrons screwed up so they don't remember where they came from.
Check on-line. We have a copy of it here in the office and use it for the exact same purpose. |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 15th May 2024 - 01:17 PM |
Invision Power Board
v9.1.4 © 2024 IPS, Inc.