Advice requested on proper disposal of Seagate ST3000DM001 disk drives

[steven at malikoff.com]

Mark said
> How about removing the (presumably aluminum) platters, case castings, and any other aluminum parts, grinding it all down to fine aluminum flakes, making thermite out of that, then using it to slag the rest of the non-aluminum parts?
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> Then shoot the slag pile with a .50 BMG.
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> Then drop that into lava.
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> Then scoop out the contaminated lava and drop it into a singularity.
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> Becase overkill is best kind of kill.
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> Did I miss any steps?

You forgot to degauss the platters first.