wiping hard drive with the microwave? - GoFuckYourself.com

s9ann0 · 01-15-2007, 03:48 PM

how many seconds are you sposed to microwave harddrives for to erase everything?

got some old laptops going on ebay I need to wipe the drives before I take them to recyling place

After Shock Media · 01-15-2007, 03:50 PM

Sounds like danger will robinson.

I would just remove them and take the drives apart.

Dildozer · 01-15-2007, 03:59 PM

Sounds more like a "feds are at your doorstep" kinda question if you ask me.

Grapesoda · 01-15-2007, 04:00 PM

donny there with an axe/gun/cross for the belinda files?

s9ann0 · 01-15-2007, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dildozer

Sounds more like a "feds are at your doorstep" kinda question if you ask me.

nah I just don't want someone on ebay looking at my parents or my old files

After Shock Media · 01-15-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by spanno

nah I just don't want someone on ebay looking at my parents or my old files

Try a stun gun or speaker magnets.

madawgz · 01-15-2007, 04:07 PM

why dont you just DOD the harddrive 100 times, im sure that'd be safe

s9ann0 · 01-15-2007, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by madawgz

why dont you just DOD the harddrive 100 times, im sure that'd be safe

DOD? these are laptop harddrives so I can't really put them into a machine as 2nd drive and run shit on them

woj · 01-15-2007, 04:18 PM

get some eraser software, putting it in the microwave won't do anything useful, except set the drive on fire....

After Shock Media · 01-15-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by woj

get some eraser software, putting it in the microwave won't do anything useful, except set the drive on fire....

And possibly mess up a good microwave.

biftek · 01-15-2007, 04:26 PM

Microwaves will not affect the platters or storage medium, as there is no water in it. However, more likely your microwave will burst into flames, as the microwaves heats up the magnetron... its just a myth

magnets , well if you were to expose the hdd to a powerful enough magnet you might wipe the data but speaker magnets wont do it ,

DOD wipe will do the job

JD · 01-15-2007, 04:26 PM

microwaving a drive will destroy it not erase it

RawAlex · 01-15-2007, 04:33 PM

Open up your stereo speaker, and put the hard drive on the back of the woofer magnet. Play some real obnoxious trace music for an hour or so. It will be very, very wiped.

just a punk · 01-15-2007, 04:37 PM

just a punk · 01-15-2007, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

Open up your stereo speaker, and put the hard drive on the back of the woofer magnet. Play some real obnoxious trace music for an hour or so. It will be very, very wiped.

No, it won't. There are special recovery methods what allow to recover the data by remaining magnetic markers. Furthermore it also allows to recover the data what has been already rewritten! Only the NSA algorithm works for sure (see the link to X-Shredder in my previous post).

s9ann0 · 01-15-2007, 04:49 PM

bump for a non-software way of wiping a drive that I can still take it to the recycling place afterwards?

biftek · 01-15-2007, 04:53 PM

about the only magnet that i can think of that would have any series effect would be a Degaussing wand , but that sort of thing you wouldn't find in a home , speaker magnets wont be powerful enough to do any damage due to the magnetic shielding effect of steel casings , a hdd due to its magnetic properties sits inside of a faraday cage to protect it from outside influences

Boobs · 01-15-2007, 04:55 PM

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biftek So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,030	Microwaves will not affect the platters or storage medium, as there is no water in it. However, more likely your microwave will burst into flames, as the microwaves heats up the magnetron... its just a myth magnets , well if you were to expose the hdd to a powerful enough magnet you might wipe the data but speaker magnets wont do it , DOD wipe will do the job

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JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	microwaving a drive will destroy it not erase it

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RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Open up your stereo speaker, and put the hard drive on the back of the woofer magnet. Play some real obnoxious trace music for an hour or so. It will be very, very wiped.

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s9ann0 Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Boston Posts: 4,873	bump for a non-software way of wiping a drive that I can still take it to the recycling place afterwards?

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biftek So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,030	about the only magnet that i can think of that would have any series effect would be a Degaussing wand , but that sort of thing you wouldn't find in a home , speaker magnets wont be powerful enough to do any damage due to the magnetic shielding effect of steel casings , a hdd due to its magnetic properties sits inside of a faraday cage to protect it from outside influences

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