Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hell, just send them to me and i will give them to my kids, it will be all done On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Dennis <dennis at hale-pohaku.com> wrote: > Simply heat the platters to the curie point and nobody, I mean nobody, > will be able to get any data off them. > > I recommend removing the cover and exposing the platters and apply heat to > the platters with a MAPP gas torch, wear safety glasses when doing this. > Get it real hot as the curie point will vary with the magnetic material. > > No computer hardware or software needed. > > Cheers, > Dennis > > > > > Spencer Cheng wrote: > >> I don't think neither would de-magnetize the coating on the HDD platters >> so you will have to do better than that. :) Melting the platter would be a >> better solution than either the slegehammer or the magnum. >> /sc >> >> >> On Nov 23, 2011, at 20:01, Ken Carney wrote: >> >> >> >>> Please don't tell me I am compromised with the sledgehammer/.44 magnum >>> approach, else I will have to find a higher level. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad