John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 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"

*Mwhahahahaha!*

Yeah, I guess that should do the job.

Make sure you don't exercise this in the server room though :P

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