OT: Disposing Old Computer Parts

[James Knott]

tleslie wrote:
> I use the hammer approach.
> But I intially didn't wear eye protection
> and was fortunate to get hit hard in the cheek first to
> wake me up to that fact. (by flying pieces of disk).
> I actually put the disks in a cloth sack and wail on them with a
> heavy framing hammer, and forgo the eye protection.
> This did the trick!
>
> I am thinking for those who are in an apartment or don't have a heavy
> hammer ...
> what cheap chemical would wreck a disk?
> pool acid? or maybe something that would oxidize it quick?
>
> I am thinking there should be a product,
> something with a plastic bin, and a chemical,
> and you put the disk in , add chemical, shake,
> and 10 minutes later, a unrecoverable hard drive!!
> Preferably with a "green chemical".
>   
Why not just open the drive and break the disks?  I suspect you'll have
a bit of difficulty finding a "green chemical" that's capable of
destroying a disk drive.


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