Quote Originally Posted by webuyselltradestuff View Post
Offer to drill them right in front of them. Or take them apart. Portable drill and a few security bits will get you into just about any hard drive. Pull the controller board and then open it up. Pull the platters and either break them or otherwise in front of the customer.



The other option is to invest in a degausser (it's not cheap) that will basically destroy ANY data on a hard drive using an extremely powerful magnet.

The fancy letters you want to use...you have to go through a compliance process, take some classes and pay a bunch of money to get the certifications.

I just say, look at the amount of effort you want to put in vs the amount of drive you can get your hands on. Again, I look at resale only, since that is where the $$$ are ($10-100 per drive) vs a few bucks in scrap. IE I need to have access to a boatload of drives if I buy a $2K degausser....and if I am doing that, I would want some commercial accounts that I can CHARGE them to destroy the drive...most companies do that specialize in that sort of thing...granted many of those have a $5-8K hard drive shredder.

Good luck!
Would a VHS eraser work? I've got one of those floating around the house.