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Posted by Van Chocstraw on November 10, 2009, 1:35 pm
CWLee wrote:
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> I have a number of DVDs containing computer backup information of a
> sensitive nature. I plan to throw away the older ones, but first I want
> to render the data on them irretrievable. Can anyone here recommend a
> quick, cheap, easy way to do that? I've heard that drilling 2 or 3 1/4"
> holes in them does the trick, but that is just a rumor to me. What
> about placing them, one at a time, in a vice, half clamped tight and the
> other half then struck hard with a hammer - hoping to break it in half?
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> Suggestions and experience reports appreciated.
>
Check out a microwaved CD.
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Posted by Steve Daniels on November 10, 2009, 4:00 pm
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:57:06 -0800, against all advice, something
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> I have a number of DVDs containing
> computer backup information of a
> sensitive nature. I plan to throw away
> the older ones, but first I want to
> render the data on them irretrievable.
Give them about ten seconds in a microwave oven. Maybe not even
that long.
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Howdya like that... we started playing guitar to impress the chicks and wind
up talkin' fingernails with old men.
Ray Boyce - 9.27.09
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Posted by AZ Nomad on November 10, 2009, 4:24 pm
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>On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:57:06 -0800, against all advice, something
>> I have a number of DVDs containing
>> computer backup information of a
>> sensitive nature. I plan to throw away
>> the older ones, but first I want to
>> render the data on them irretrievable.
>Give them about ten seconds in a microwave oven. Maybe not even
>that long.
Then buy a new tray for your microwave.
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Posted by Phisherman on November 10, 2009, 6:18 pm
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:57:06 -0800, "CWLee"
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>I have a number of DVDs containing
>computer backup information of a
>sensitive nature. I plan to throw away
>the older ones, but first I want to
>render the data on them irretrievable.
>Can anyone here recommend a quick,
>cheap, easy way to do that? I've heard
>that drilling 2 or 3 1/4" holes in them
>does the trick, but that is just a rumor
>to me. What about placing them, one at
>a time, in a vice, half clamped tight
>and the other half then struck hard with
>a hammer - hoping to break it in half?
>Suggestions and experience reports
>appreciated.
A disc shredder does the job quick. If you choose to shatter them
with a hammer wear eye protection. A propane torch will melt them,
but may produce toxic fumes if you allow them to burn.
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on November 10, 2009, 9:34 pm
You buy and detonate a 1 kiloton nuke bomb, with the discs under the
bomb.
then while your cleaning up the nuke waste contamination, pick up
whats left of the discs, encase in concrete and send to a nuke waste
repository, like cheyenne mountain.
somewhere in the next million years the mountain will be breached, the
nuke waste released will kill everyone in the area, then the
yellowstone old faithful volcanoe will erupt blowing whats left of
your discs on a trip to mars......
archeaologists there will unerath them in 2 million years..........
by then no one will have a cd reader.so your data may be secure
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> I have a number of DVDs containing computer backup information of a
> sensitive nature. I plan to throw away the older ones, but first I want
> to render the data on them irretrievable. Can anyone here recommend a
> quick, cheap, easy way to do that? I've heard that drilling 2 or 3 1/4"
> holes in them does the trick, but that is just a rumor to me. What
> about placing them, one at a time, in a vice, half clamped tight and the
> other half then struck hard with a hammer - hoping to break it in half?
>
> Suggestions and experience reports appreciated.
>