On 2010-03-07 19:21, Richard Hector wrote:
On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 18:42 -0600, Mark Allums wrote:If you are decommissioning, there is no substitute for an electric drill.What, just drill a hole in it? That will only affect a small part of the disk. I think our sysadmin team has a large log-splitting axe - much more satisfying :-) I'd vote for melting down the platters :-)
Many platters are now made of glass a ceramic. A swift whack on the side of a table should do the trick. If not, a likewise swift whack from a claw hammer should shatter it into a jillion pieces.
If the platter is aluminum, then a belt sander or grinding drill bit will take care of things.
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