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<blockquote data-quote="techiesteve" data-source="post: 1886582" data-attributes="member: 98520"><p>Long ago I used to work for a company that was a manufacturers repair centre here in the UK. ICL had contracts with government departments. Before shipping failed 5.25" hard drives to us, for security they would neatly remove the platers. For us this involved a little extra cleanroom work, as the HDA was then contaminated, it was purged by nitrogen in the airlock before the platters were replaced and servo tracks rewritten. We were then warranty repair agents for Quantum, Rodime, NEC, Maxtor and others, mainly 5.25" and 8" hard drives in those days.</p><p></p><p>Currently we use a couple of Disk Jockey Pro Forensic Edition to clone drives, but very useful is its DOD erase function to securely erase hard drives.</p><p></p><p>As others have stated, the best option to destroy a hard drive is to lay it on concrete and pound it with a 4lb club hammer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="techiesteve, post: 1886582, member: 98520"] Long ago I used to work for a company that was a manufacturers repair centre here in the UK. ICL had contracts with government departments. Before shipping failed 5.25" hard drives to us, for security they would neatly remove the platers. For us this involved a little extra cleanroom work, as the HDA was then contaminated, it was purged by nitrogen in the airlock before the platters were replaced and servo tracks rewritten. We were then warranty repair agents for Quantum, Rodime, NEC, Maxtor and others, mainly 5.25" and 8" hard drives in those days. Currently we use a couple of Disk Jockey Pro Forensic Edition to clone drives, but very useful is its DOD erase function to securely erase hard drives. As others have stated, the best option to destroy a hard drive is to lay it on concrete and pound it with a 4lb club hammer. [/QUOTE]
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