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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld
I need to destroy a hard disk drive and ensure the contents are never recoverable. What is the best way to do this?
I was thinking of dropping it in a body of water around the GVRD. Would the water damage suffice?
I also need to get rid of some paper, what is the best way to rid of these aside from calling in Shred-it?
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Assuming that your drive is a magnetic spindle type of hard drive, secure erase / data sanitization/destruction programs is what you are looking for.
SDelete --
SDelete
Eraser --
Eraser | Internet Security and Privacy
will serve your needs and then some. If I am not mistaken, the US DoD specifications only require anywhere between 3 to 7 passes of such secure erase procedures before the disk contents are considered unrecoverable.
Note that these secure erase software will probably not work with SSD. If your drive is an SSD, I don't know what to recommend.