NFA Hard drive "wipe"

rsideout · Oct 19, 2019

I got a new computer at work this week. My old computer had dual hard drives that needed to be "wiped" and disposed of properly. I also had a drive from an older computer that also needed a proper data dump. Somehow, suppressed 300BLK rounds just seemed like the appropriate IT solution.

I don't think that anyone will be getting anything off of these hard drives. :cool:

eddiek2000 · Oct 19, 2019

Fun, but not an NSA approved method. :lol:

rsideout · Oct 19, 2019

eddiek2000 said:
Fun, but not an NSA approved method.

What caliber does NSA require?

eddiek2000 · Oct 19, 2019

If I tell ya, I gotta kills ya.... :lol2:

Inigoes · Oct 19, 2019

Get the drill press out. Each drive should have 5 holes in it.

SKIP · Oct 19, 2019

Take the media out of its protective case and use sandpaper to remove the recording surface.

Occam · Oct 19, 2019

Inigoes said:
Get the drill press out. Each drive should have 5 holes in it.

I think there's a WAY more entertaining way to put four more holes in each of those.

I've got almost 200 drives that need the same treatment, just haven't found the right place/time!

Alan3413 · Oct 19, 2019

I have a case of old drives waiting for me to decomission them this way

Inigoes · Oct 19, 2019

Occam said:
I think there's a WAY more entertaining way to put four more holes in each of those.

I've got almost 200 drives that need the same treatment, just haven't found the right place/time!

Modern drives are bullet resistant.

Try smashing one with a sledge hammer. The platter is pretty thick.

Where you see projectiles passing through is where the circuit card is, leaving the data to be extracted from the platter by a nefarious actor. Which is why 5 holes is recommended, at least 2 will hit the platter.

rsideout · Oct 19, 2019

Inigoes said:
Modern drives are bullet resistant.

Try smashing one with a sledge hammer. The platter is pretty thick.

Where you see projectiles passing through is where the circuit card is, leaving the data to be extracted from the platter by a nefarious actor. Which is why 5 holes is recommended, at least 2 will hit the platter.

At 2,000 FPS, these rounds went through pretty clean with a big exit wounds. I'm good at this point sending these off to the landfill. I'll take my chances with the bad guys (who years from now might be digging in a landfill) being able to get any of my info off these bullet mangled drives.

forkauto · Oct 19, 2019

Hillary would approve haha

rsideout · Oct 19, 2019

forkauto said:
Hillary would approve haha

You mean "like with a cloth or something???"

XCheckR · Oct 19, 2019

High salination water. Dunk em after you put holes in them.

StantonCree · Oct 19, 2019

Inigoes said:
Get the drill press out. Each drive should have 5 holes in it.

5 NSA holes?

This guy Likes to party!!!!!!

Jimbob2.0 · Oct 19, 2019

Ugh I just put a blowtorch to mine.

willtill · Oct 20, 2019

Looks like your jerking the trigger, from the point of impact on two of the three of them. Squeeze the trigger.

BRAS

RCH · Oct 20, 2019

Actually, 2 of the 3 are showing the exit holes. So if you flip them around, he is consistently a little low and left if he is aiming at the "big circle" on the front.

rsideout · Oct 20, 2019

All 3 of them are showing exit holes. I shot the storage surface of the disk not the center.

Sundazes · Oct 20, 2019

Believe it or not, data can still be recovered from those drives. It ain't easy or cheap and you would need a clean room environment with someone who REALLY knows what they are doing. But it is possible. Not probable, just saying its possible.
Taking a big ass magnet, degaussing tool, rare-earth, etc to them with kill the data. Or burn them to a crisp.

I had a hole collection of drives I disabled that way that I gave to coworkers. I found it quite satisfying.

danb · Oct 20, 2019

shoot it from the thin side and cut it in half.... if you can.

NFA Hard drive "wipe"

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