This is exactly what I was looking for. My old laptop doesn't even turn on, so I needed a more brutalistic approach to ensuring my old data was gone.

@erimmcsherry354

2 жыл бұрын

What do you have, Giorno Giovanna trying to uncover your identity or something?

@PatchieQC

7 ай бұрын

Does it keep the operating system?

This is helpful because my mother in-law lost the charging cable to her notebook computer and we haven't been able to find a replacement. So, she gave it to me to take to the hazard recycle facility but first I removed the hard drive in case any of her banking information was still on it. I don't see her getting another laptop in the near future that the old hard drive can be installed in so the best thing to do is to just get rid it.

You guys can use Darkin's boot and nuke, also know as DBAN if you want to fully wipe a hard drive

@oliver9438

5 жыл бұрын

I cant because my computer blue screens every time It starts up

@TaxEvasionUS

5 жыл бұрын

@@oliver9438 if you already have DBAN on a disk, you can boot the disk through the BIOS rather than the OS

@oliver9438

5 жыл бұрын

@@TaxEvasionUS u right

@TaxEvasionUS

5 жыл бұрын

@@oliver9438 but too if you are having blue screen issues, why don't you just reinstall Windows? It will be more better than having to wait for DBAN to wipe the hard drive

@jayrowe6473

2 ай бұрын

That's "Darik's" Boot And Nuke.

ok serioulsy for wiping data and not destroying you could just format the hard drive, but its better to use a wiping software such as DBAN. you can boot on the dban cd and just type in QUICK. it will take a few hrs depending on the size of your hard drive.

NUU THE POOR LITTLE HARD DRIVE *CRIES

Why does so many people say it make your drive spoil, but useless, I thought main purpose its to make a drive spoil? I have old hard drive that I want to destroy all data before throwing it away, will this method work? Thanks

This should be titled...." how to use a screwdriver " useless !!!!

This is just to attempt to destroy the drive. If you don't actually have the magnet make contact with the patter it won't really do much. On top of that there is 0 chance that it will destroy any data on the lower platters. If you can't wipe the drive using DBAN, since the drive has failed, best bet would be to gut out the platters and then take them outside on the street and slide them around with your shoe. This is going to scuff them up pretty good.

I just use a sledgehammer, so fast.

o I get it, but I'd spray the platter down with the special wiping ingredient that comes in a spray can. make sure to spray on the top and bottom of platter. use the whole can to be sure its good and wiped. dry with a lent free cloth.. :P

@primalfury2011

Ай бұрын

they take the time to remove cover.. the hearts right there..goto town ..smash and grind that platter.. put holes thru it then paint it !

Use a punch and 3lb hammer. Set the punch on the top of the aluminum cover and drive it through with the hammer. It will shatter all the drive platters rendering them useless. No screwdriver needed.

Dont think so some how. Just delete everything electronically.

That only scratches 1st layer. Anyone who has with 6 digit budget for recovery can easily get the remaining data.

1:22 this part is cursed!

dont waster your time opening it up. just take the screw driver and rip up the outer cable connections. takes like 5 seconds. true somebody could load that platter in another reader but not without the right tools like a dust free environment. very few peeps can do that.

If you want to remove all of the data off the hard drive just smash the disk by dropping it or smashing it with a rock so the platters on the inside break

This is not always effective. Unless you put it back and verify the data is gone do not trust this method.

@MacGuffin1

2 ай бұрын

This totally wouldn't work, the magnetic coercitivty would be dimished but stil readable in a lab

I didn't work.... :( rip my 80$ hard drive....

@imdynamis9824

3 жыл бұрын

Its for disposal not reuse

Just dump it in molten lava.

@satinbarbi

6 ай бұрын

It can only be destroyed by throwing it into the fiery chasm of Mount DOOM!

can you still use it

@jayrowe6473

2 ай бұрын

No.

@KittyCSGO

2 ай бұрын

dawg that was 6 years ago@@jayrowe6473

slam once on ground when it is closed and disc will be broken no data recovery 1000000000000% sure happened to me ;-;

lmao.

I just wanted to erase a Hard Drive WITHOUT destroying it.

@razeblast3r

5 жыл бұрын

If you want to format a hard drive make a bootable linux usb format the hard drives, turn off the pc and plug the usb out

Should have took tye screwdriver and scratch the living hell out of the disc

this is a test

TITLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN “HOW TO DESTROY A HARD DRIVE” misleading title causing people to waste valuable hardware. And you call yourselves “computer recycling.” shame.

1 minute 17 seconds out of a 1 minute 39 second video is you removing screws. Short video but largely a waste of time.

I want to wipe it not destroy it

@manuelf.almeida

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong vídeo. Use a data recovery software for that. This is to destroy HDD that are already useless but still have sensitive data in them that can be recovered.

That was completely stupid, that does nothing but enable it useless, and money is flushed down the crapper.

@manuelf.almeida

5 жыл бұрын

Which is the whole point in case you have an unfuntional disk that has reached the end of its lifecycle. NooB?

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