Statue Forum 





Go Back   Statue Forum > Other Stuff > Home Economics > IT Department

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 01-25-2012, 07:00 PM   #11
Vince-Vell
Cosmic Painter
PainterModerator
 
Vince-Vell's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In Da Studio!
Posts: 15,779
you need to destroy the actual discs inside if you are worried about personal info.

Other way is to take a powerful magnet to it while its plugged in and i suggest you don't do that.

There is places, that have HD shredders, but you would have to check into where they are at. They throw the HD in it and it gets shredded like a paper shredder.
Vince-Vell is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-25-2012, 07:20 PM   #12
THE_BEAST
The Stones, I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney...
 
THE_BEAST's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 3,382
Id burn it. Just put the HD in a metal container/bucket/etc... , a little gasoline, and light that b!tch up. Ive done it before, and it works great. Theres no way any one could retreive info off of it after that.
THE_BEAST is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-25-2012, 07:37 PM   #13
THE_BEAST
The Stones, I love the Stones. I watch them whenever I can. Fred, Barney...
 
THE_BEAST's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 3,382
Also, if you do tear it open, dont mess around with the magnets inside of it. They can really mess you up, so be careful with your fingers. Read this before you decide to open it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet
THE_BEAST is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-25-2012, 09:33 PM   #14
Vince-Vell
Cosmic Painter
PainterModerator
 
Vince-Vell's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In Da Studio!
Posts: 15,779
Honestly all i ever done before i got rid of a HD is just Zero it out.

On Mac OSX, you can erase a HD, and zero out all the data. There is a one time pass, 7 time pass and a 24 time pass. I have just done a 7 time pass, takes about 3 hours or so and sold all my HDs off.

This is what HD companies do when they get a HD returned and refurbish it, they just zero out all the data.
Vince-Vell is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-27-2012, 04:37 PM   #15
Mean Green
Fantomah
 
Mean Green's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 6,229
Great, thanks gentlemen! I'll look into these options.
Mean Green is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:35 PM.



Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright StatueForum.com