I was asked to securely erase bunch of old HDD that are going to be recycled.

Hammer

Don't remind me, I have a full cabinet of them 😛

Go full Elliott Anderson on it. Drill and all

@nbamaral I have 4 of them 😂

@speedForce I'm going to use axe

Don't forget to save the magnets if you have the time, 😄

I like the shiny disk's.
I keep them

@nbamaral pulling them out 👍🏻

I couldn't bring myself to destroy them. : (

@IllSlapU
Most are ide, from 2gb up to 80, some bigger satas from servers,
In 15 years not a single pc left the workplace with a disk, unless it was a giveaway, in that case we wipe and reinstall factory image.
But they're hundreds 😛

Turn it on and hold a flathead screwdriver to the surface.

If it contains any sort of sensitive data then just hammer it down or maybe just incinerate the whole thing
If it contained just some normal data then you can probably use magnets and stuff

Termite. Or was it thermite?

But like a lot of it.
Those platers are strong.

You're gonna enjoy this: https://youtu.be/-bpX8YvNg6Y

@DewWisp 🤣🤣

@endor yea, knew that already.
It's a good one.

Actually atrong magnets are enough.

Man 😟 so sad.

Put it in acid

Smash them into peaces, Then burn them.

Or use an iron cutter to grind the discs.

Honestly, a bit of dusty water or sawdust is enough.

Now uve got urself a vibrator