What to do with old HDDs?

[Hamster]

I have a stack of seven or eight hard drives I've "collected" over the years. Need to get rid of them but don't have the time to hook each one up to an enclosure and permanently delete files etc.

How can I get rid of them (or destroy, although I don't have the torx bit to open them)?

I heard you can take them to an ewaste container at hifi corp, anybody used that?

@Papa Smurf, no microwaves, no fire, no battery acid. Thanks.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I have a stack of seven or eight hard drives I've "collected" over the years. Need to get rid of them but don't have the time to hook each one up to an enclosure and permanently delete files etc.

How can I get rid of them (or destroy, although I don't have the torx bit to open them)?

I heard you can take them to an ewaste container at hifi corp, anybody used that?

@Papa Smurf, no microwaves, no fire, no battery acid. Thanks.

So, you decided not to take the old porn with you overseas now?
Just PIF the harddrives

 

[Willie Trombone]

I have a stack of seven or eight hard drives I've "collected" over the years. Need to get rid of them but don't have the time to hook each one up to an enclosure and permanently delete files etc.

How can I get rid of them (or destroy, although I don't have the torx bit to open them)?

I heard you can take them to an ewaste container at hifi corp, anybody used that?

@Papa Smurf, no microwaves, no fire, no battery acid. Thanks.

Drill bit to the platter.
Don't listen to Papa smurf, his palms were sweating as he typed that.

@Hamster, which continent are you absconding to?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Drill bit to the platter.

he's too lazy to even do that

I would just dump them in a river somewhere

 

[Hamster]

Drill bit to the platter.

Sold the drill :/

 

[Icemanbrfc]

So, you decided not to take the old porn with you overseas now?
Just PIF the harddrives

What porn is on there?

 

[Hamster]

@Hamster, which continent are you absconding to?

Europe

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

What porn is on there?

It's the Gay Black Amputee Midget Porn
I already have about 8 harddrives full of it, every episode ever made

 

[Icemanbrfc]

It's the Gay Black Amputee Midget Porn
I already have about 8 harddrives full of it, every episode ever made

Sounds like donkey's porn

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Just put the harddrives in the wife's suitcase, not your problem if she gets bust at Customs
Thank me later

 

[Hamster]

It's the Gay Black Amputee Midget Porn
I already have about 8 harddrives full of it, every episode ever made

When I said "destroy my hard drives", this is not quite what I meant.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Europe

Ohh... Interesting. I'm nosey that way. Country? Feel free to PM if it's not public.

 

[Willie Trombone]

What porn is on there?

This isn't the pif channel iceman. No dibsing here!

 

[Hamster]

Ohh... Interesting. I'm nosey that way. Country? Feel free to PM if it's not public.

Dijkland... I'm getting myself wooden shoes and a bicycle first thing.

Technically I'm not allowed into the country yet but that doesn't stop my wife from selling everything, so I just go with it: here I am, destroying hard drives.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Sold the drill :/

Ditch your friends too?
id help but I'm a bit far. Isn't there an engineering firm nearby you can ask to do it quickly?

 

[Willie Trombone]

Dijkland... I'm getting myself wooden shoes and a bicycle first thing.

Technically I'm not allowed into the country yet but that doesn't stop my wife from selling everything, so I just go with it: here I am, destroying hard drives.

Nice one. My daughter went recently and loved it. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I hope you ride (bikes).

 

[Dan C]

Drill bit to the platter.
Don't listen to Papa smurf, his palms were sweating as he typed that.

@Hamster, which continent are you absconding to?

I had some 64GB sd cards which I wanted to get rid of. I decided not to drill into them, instead leaving them in my Philips airfryer for 12 mins at 180c worked !!

 

[Icemanbrfc]

This isn't the pif channel iceman. No dibsing here!

So its not Hamster porn?

 

[Hamster]

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

I'm easy. As long as the wife is happy, I have internet and know where to buy food I can adapt to any place.

 

[Hamster]

So its not Hamster porn?

I call the 69th