I tried to wipe my hard drive with a magnet – This is what happened

[Newsfeed]

I tried to wipe my hard drive with a magnet – This is what happened

 

[ajan]

The ol' "This is what happened" trick will definitely work this time, I swear.

 

[DTBA]

|It depends, I will still not do it I have seen it wipe a drive. It really depends on some factors

 

[DeathStrike]

if you really want to destroy a drive. take a drill and make a few holes. maybe even open the drive and then take a magnet to each drive disk.

 

[Stokstert]

One 12 bore shotgun shot will do the trick nicely.

 

[Creag]

One 12 bore shotgun shot will do the trick nicely.

/thread

 

[genetic]

One 12 bore shotgun shot will do the trick nicely.

One of IBM's very first hard drives was named after the Winchester rifle.

 

[Totempole]

This theory has been tested may times before.

Long story short, a CRT Degaussing coil does the trick.

 

[Creag]

This theory has been tested may times before.

Long story short, a CRT Degaussing coil does the trick.

So does my drill

 

[Arthur]

I generally bash out the controller board and then put a 12 lb hammer through the platters.

 

[Totempole]

So does my drill

Touché

But that's not magnetism.

 

[FiestaST]

if you really want to destroy a drive. take a drill and make a few holes. maybe even open the drive and then take a magnet to each drive disk.

[video=youtube_share;LG_AV0TGoow]https://youtu.be/LG_AV0TGoow[/video]

 

[HavocXphere]

Open them up to get to the strong magnet inside.

Easy enough to damage the plates while there...

 

[sajunky]

One of IBM's very first hard drives was named after the Winchester rifle.

It had dual heads, it is a reason.

Re: these nonsence tests. It appears it needs some sort of university degree, access to Wikipedia and R10 calculator to predict result. Shame.

 

[AstroTurf]

I once put a HDD magnet onto a hard drive to prove it would do no harm and it popped the hard drives magnet out of its housing.

 

[animal531]

At least for their test they could have bought and used a real magnet.

 

[The_Librarian]

I once put a HDD magnet onto a hard drive to prove it would do no harm and it popped the hard drives magnet out of its housing.

Whut? Magnets are usually screwed down as well.

 

[bwana]

I've got a hammer which has become somewhat magnetised over the years - it never fails to render a hdd inoperable.

 

[ZSOneMe]

Maybe the stories started back in the days of the Floppy Disc?

 

[satanboy]

What secrets do you guys keep on your HDD's?

:wtf: