[BBLISA] Looking for disk destruction in metro Boston/Manchester NH area.

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Sean Lutner <sean at rentul.net> wrote:
> Neither of those methods ensure that there would be no access to the data off the platters. In the case of just unscrewing the bolt, if you don't then spin the drives up to cause the physical damage, I would just take the platters out entirely and pop them in another drive. Very simple. In the case of drilling holes you may prevent access to some data but very little of the over all data and you can piece things back together if need be. DoD level wipes or physical shredding following DoD level wipes are the only methods that can ensure that no nefarious folks get your data.

My point, from what I learned from the videos I mentioned, is that if
you unscrew the bold for the platters to let the platters rotate,
reportedly, as soon as the platters are just a hair out of alignment,
the data is non recoverable.

Scott

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> On Feb 6, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Scott Ehrlich <srehrlich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM, John Stoffel <john at stoffel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> John> I have about 20 or so disks that I am unable to sanitize for
>>> John> recycing so I need to have them destroyed, ground, pulverized
>>> John> etc.
>>>
>>> John> Does anybody have any recommendations for companies that do this
>>> John> in the metro Boston or Manchester NH area?
>>>
>>> Why don't you just drill a couple of holes in them?  Get some nice new
>>> bits, about 1/4" and a drill press and you're in business. No one is
>>> going to read data off them after that.
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> You can also unscrew the bolt that holds the platters in-place.   As
>> soon as the platters are off-center, forget about ever recovering the
>> data.
>>
>> Perform a youtube (video.google.com) search for superflyflippinga
>>
>> That is the username of Scott Moulton, a data recovery expert who has
>> produced a series of 10 minute videos on everything you ever wanted to
>> know about SSD and spinning hard drive technologies.
>>
>> Scott
>>
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