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I've got an accumulation of old hard drives, some of which make ominous cracking noises, others of which are e.g. ATA.
What's the recommended way of disposing of them?
There should be places around that will recycle them. Whack them with a hammer first if you're concerned they still have data on.
Hold in vice,cover with cloth,smack with lump hammer then recycle.
Or
Take apart for the magnets,then as above^^
some of which make ominous cracking noises
That's the FBI malware scanning your porno collection. 😀
Drill a small hole in the casing and then squirt in some expending foam. Or, cut with a brazing torch. Or de-gauss properly.
Or, just like me, never throw them away.
I strip them to salvage the metal (for reclycling) and just smash up the ceramic drive plates and bin those (NB They break into 100s of tiny shards).
Are you particularly concerned about the data on them?
Throw 'em in the bin. No-one is going to be crawling through landfill looking for broken domestic hard drives.
im with Cougar.
chuck them in the WEEE skip at the recycling centre.
I feel sorry for the L33t h@xter who spends his time recovering my 2:2 grade uni coursework
Throw ’em in the bin. No-one is going to be crawling through landfill looking for broken domestic hard drives.
You say that, but my friend salvaged two working Amazon tablets with account / credit card info intact on them....
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No-one is going to be crawling through landfill looking for broken domestic hard drives.
This chap might be...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55658942
Take apart for the magnets,then as above^^
And then stick them to the fridge.
And then stick them to the fridge.
🙂 Can be used for much more than just that 😉