Getting physical with your HDD

[Mychael]

Has anyone ever tried to actually bust one? I did and they're tougher then you'd think.
I stuck my dead drive in a vice and hit it with a mash hammer and,, not a lot happened, dented the case a bit but that was all.

Then attacked it with a battery powered hand drill, admitedly the drill bit was a little blunt but I was surprised as to the amaount of abuse it took.

Might have to take an angle grinder to it .

 

[clifford_cooley]

The hammer trick would only flatten the drive.

I gotta admit, it does feel good to hit one with a hammer. :lol:

I think it a T8 driver that will take the screws out.

 

[Fire cat]

Burn it with a torch! Die hard drive, die!

 

[faun]

best thread ever.

 

[Fire cat]

Make a semi truck run over it! Cover it of gazoline and burn the hell out of it! Play baseball with it! Use it as a bumper, and crash into a concret wall!

Wow, I think I'm getting high! I should stop, or your hard drive (as well as most of your bellongings) may get destroyed in a gruesome maner.

LOL!

 

[Nibiru2012]

Put 2lbs of Thermite in a clay flower pot and set the pot on top of the hard drive. Ignite the thermite with a magnesium ribbon and stand back.

That puppy will be gone in about 30 seconds! Watch the video below and you'll see what I mean!

[ame="[MEDIA=youtube]rdCsbZf1_Ng[/MEDIA]"]YouTube- Thermite vs. Car[/ame]

 

[Fire cat]

Put 2lbs of Thermite in a clay flower pot and set the pot on top of the hard drive. Ignite the thermite with a magnesium ribbon and stand back.

That puppy will be gone in about 30 seconds! Watch the video below and you'll see what I mean!

YouTube- Thermite vs. Car

Respect Nibs!

 

[clifford_cooley]

Respect Nibs!

or find Thermite under your pillow.:evil:

 

[Mychael]

I could give it to my mate at the rifle range. They could shoot at it.

 

[Nibiru2012]

Respect Nibs!

I get it now... hahahaha! French car demolished by thermite! LMAO!

That wasn't my intent, but now that you brought it up...

 

[LeHaM]

put it in a log splitter, splice that thing in half.!!!! mawhahahaaaaaa

 

[Fire cat]

*accidentally* forget it in a bomb range....?

 

[Nibiru2012]

Since I am a pyrotechnic person I still think the thermite would be way cool!

About a 1/2 pound of flash powder would do the trick too. The explosion has so much brisance and shattering power that the drive would be literally dust.

 

[Fire cat]

For Niburu:

Stick it on the exhaust of a firework...

 

[faun]

ooh ooh
use the matchheads of about 1000 matches. quite the flare.

[ame="[MEDIA=youtube]poV6lc2b070[/MEDIA]"]YouTube- Mythbusters: 1,000,000 match bomb![/ame]

 

[catilley1092]

Mount it to a tree, paint it a bright color, and use it for target practice with your hunting rifle, or target pistol. After a couple of months, it'll look worse than "Bonnie & Clyde's" car, after the FBI ambushed them.

Cat

 

[draceena]

If you have several hard drives to destroy and a computer geek friend is having a wedding, tie them to their rear bumper.

 

[msdos622wasfun]

PETFD is not going to like this.

That's People for the Ethical Treatment of Fixed Disks.

 

[Mychael]

Council is doing roadworks around here ATM, maybe I could get them to drive over it with a roller.