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Old 12-20-2024, 08:26 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
There are quite a few 'drive wipe' utilities. (Peter) Norton Utilities (DOS) had one.

I used to use my older, small drive for Swap. The problem is I now have more RAM that those drives

So my 'home' drive destruction method is a 1/4 drill bit in the drill press, thru the drive body in a couple of places.

This was not a heavy duty (professional recovery) proof destruction. The nearby data center had a drive destroyer. A machine the literally punched the drive motor-spindle THRU the case, shattering the platters. Others have Drive shredders (think: Paper Shredder on Steroids'). Silicon valley High Tech takes data (trade secrets) security seriously
The reason to wipe the drive was if you planned on getting rid of the laptop and computer but still wanted the drive in tact.

Another way to destroy the drive is to open it, remove the platter(s) and magnetize.

I've never tried to destroy an SSD drive.
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