Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[Alexandre Souza]

What about a nuclear bomb?

2018-09-21 20:05 GMT-03:00 dwight via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>:

> 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.
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> Dwight
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> Subject: Re: Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001
> disk drives
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> 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.
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> Personally, I would prefer to drop these drives into the Sun.
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