Invisible wrote:
> OK, so I have 4 HDs that need to be destroyed. (Unfortunately, I don't 
> have a SCSI controller capable of operating them, so I can't erase them 
> that way.)
> 
> In the past, what I've done is drill through the platters with a power 
> tool. (Yes, stupid I know, but the Director of IT thinks this is... a 
> perfectly acceptable way to destroy the data.) Fortunately, with the IDE 
> drives found in desktops, the drill cuts through them like a hot knife 
> through butter. Unfortunately, these SCSI server-class drives appear to 
> be made of Kryptonite or something, because the drill simply dances 
> around the place, barely scratching the metal.
> 
> Oh dear.
> 
> Well, maybe if I take the lid off... ah. Star-drive screws, just 
> *slightly* smaller than the smallest screwdriver we possess. Damn.

Google "thermite recipe"

Regards,
John

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