[ale] dban??

[neal at mnopltd.com (Neal Rhodes)]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Okay, so I'm cleaning up some old hardware before getting rid of it. 
> Anyone care to comment on dban or other solutions for erasing the
hard 
> drives?  I don't want to destroy the hardware, just erase the data.
I'm 
> not concerned with what the usual government 3 letter organizations
can 
> do, just your average cracker out in the wild.

What's wrong with a ball-peen hammer applied to the center of the top of
the drive until the platter/head mechanism is permanently dished in?
Then a quick toss into the garbage can.  

Have even the 3 letter organizations succeeded in getting data of a
drive with shattered platters? 



Neal Rhodes