Comments on: Hard Disk Crusher – That’s What It Is, That’s What It Does

By: ReallyEvilCanine

ReallyEvilCanine — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:39:17 +0000

Physically bending the platters without demagnetising them will leave some data recoverable. Thermite is faster, cheaper and more effective, though a tad more dangerous. There are also slow rotational crushers which can turn at least 60 drives per minute into tiny chips of scrap.metal and plastic.

By: G

Sun, 04 May 2008 07:53:52 +0000

They are if you steal them from building sites ^_^

By: Alexander Muse

Alexander Muse — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:32:54 +0000

Shamil – cinderblocks tend to break and they are not, as you suggest, free…

By: shamil

shamil — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:29:03 +0000

I use a cinderblock. They’re free.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:45:14 +0000

You could buy a log splitter for much less, and it would do double duty.

By: flink

flink — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:17:04 +0000

This is nothing more than a hydraulic ram. You could DIY one of these for about $200.

By: Alexander Muse

Alexander Muse — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:31:49 +0000

So, I agree with reflection. Save the $11K and buy a $11 hammer. Works just fine for me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmuse/307226463/

By: reflection

reflection — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:15:31 +0000

I have an old form of this – it’s called a hammer.

By: ap3x

ap3x — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:59:49 +0000

My old .22 rifle destroys hard drives just fine, and it’s cheaper and probably more fun…

By: shinyplastic

shinyplastic — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:40:26 +0000

The 10 seconds vs. 60 an hour does make sense: it takes 10 seconds to crush a drive but you need the other 50 seconds to load and unload the machine giving you 60 crushes per hour.

http://www.shinyplastic.com/archives/05-01-2008-computer-hardware-hard-drive-crusher.php