From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 21:05:00 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79E3DA32 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 342CD2AA for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YNpK8-0007T5-Pe for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:04:52 +0100 Received: from pool-173-79-82-127.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.82.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:04:52 +0100 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-82-127.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:04:52 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Subject: Re: What's in my hard drive? How can I get rid of it? Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:04:36 -0500 Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <54E39F83.70002@gmail.com> Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-82-127.washdc.fios.verizon.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:05:00 -0000 jd1008 wrote: [snip] Remove the cover. Remove the platters. Smash all platters with large sledge hammer until all pieces are fairly small. Melt material with oxyacetylene welders torch. Repeat smashing with hammer. Soak for few hours in hydrofluoric acid. Rinse and allow to dry. Grind material into a fine particulate dust. Dispose of out the back of airplane while flying or drop into convenient nearby volcano. That might be good enough. Send the electronic components to Kaspersky for analysis. :-) -Mike