[Hidden-tech] DESTROYING OLD HDDS...

[Robert Heller]

We disassembled several old hard drives and they were used for an after school 
art project at our local library (even the platters were used).

Pictures here:

http://www.wendellmass.us/index.php/community/wendell-photo-gallery/category/10-library-afterschool-art-projects.html?start=20


At Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:38:50 -0400 Nate DeRose <natederose at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Personally, I'm a fan of taking them apart and re-purposing the rare earth
> magnets, since they're great for craft projects for kids/etc.   The
> platters themselves can then be either smashed or dealt with however you
> see fit, but there's a fair amount of material in there you can up-cycle.
> I've also had kids or friends with kids have fun using the controller
> boards as art projects.  The chassis I then let go to scrap.
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> Nate DeRose
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> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 8:35 PM, scot <scot at scotbroderick.com> wrote:
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> > The old school approach is to drive a couple of nails through the drive. :)
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> > Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5
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> > From: "David F. Farkas" <david at farkas.com>
> > Date: 03/20/2016 7:17 PM (GMT-05:00)
> > To: hidden-discuss <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
> > Subject: [Hidden-tech] DESTROYING OLD HDDS...
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> > I have a five IDE hard drives from various old machines. They still have
> > data on them.
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> > Is there an inexpensive service that will destroy them? I've heard that
> > they can be shredded.
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> > Any suggestions or referrals would be appreciated.
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> > Thanx
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> > David
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