[ale] erasing a hard drive

[Geoffrey Myers]

David Hillman wrote:
> Why don't you just take them apart and shatter the platters with a 
> hammer?  You can make art out of the pieces.  I crushed a bunch of 
> drives that I had and put the chips in between two panes of glass in a 
> wooden stand.  It serves as a conversation piece.  If that doesn't work, 
> how about taking a blow torch to them?   How much heat would it take to 
> melt those drives down?  I am sure there is a video on Youtube of 
> someone melting hard drives.  Good luck.

Because we don't want to destroy the hardware, just erase it?

> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Geoffrey Myers 
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I've drawn a blank.  What is the name of that free software that I can
>     use to erase a hard drive?  It will run multiple overwrites?
> 
>     I've got a number of old drives I need to dispose of and I don't want to
>     bother trying to figure out what's on them.
> 
>     --
>     Until later, Geoffrey
> 
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson