Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[dwight]

I'd think a nice blast with a oxy-acetylene  torch should do what is needed. Even if it doesn't melt the disk, it will surely exceed the Currie point and all data is gone.

Dwight


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From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> on behalf of Jerry Weiss via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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Subject: Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

On 9/21/18 1:06 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2018, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
>> That's way too good for these *&#$ing ST3000DM001 drives, and won't
>> provide
>> anywhere near enough sense of satisfaction.
>
> 5) as a test suite for development of thermite  (Does Amazon sell
> pre-made thermite?)
>
Cadweld Thermite Bonding Kits are listed on Amazon.



Personally, I would prefer to drop these drives into the Sun.
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