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There's a knock at the door... They'll break it down soon... There's only 5 minutes...
And there's dirt on the hard drive. They'll find it! It needs to be destroyed immediately! What to do!?...
So, you urgently need to destroy all information on the hard drive that contains any compromising data.
The hard drive is designed so that even after formatting, data can be restored on it. And low-level formatting takes a lot of time! ...
What to do?
There is only one way out: physical damage to the device. Once damaged, the hard drive will no longer be subject to restoration and operation.
1. If the disk is a classic magnetic HDD.
Inside the classic disk there is a magnetic metal drum.
The necessary information is "magnetized" on it and it is quite difficult to damage it.
There is even a special device called a "hard drive shredder":
The device is expensive and is used in large enterprises where after work it is necessary to completely destroy all data.
The principle of its operation is that hard drives are ground into scrap metal and it will be impossible to restore the data.
And the output will be a whole mountain of scrap metal along with parts.
But what to do if there is no shredder?
There are two ways:
- Use a powerful magnet and demagnetize the plates with it;
- Take a chisel and a hammer and make many, many holes in the disk pancake;
2. In the case of a solid-state drive (SSD), everything is much simpler!
After all, the recording is actually done on a non-volatile microcircuit, so it is much easier to disable the disk.
— You can simply smash it with a hammer. The device is fragile and will be destroyed very quickly;
— Some craftsmen advise placing the disk in a microwave oven, but this is very dangerous because it can cause a fire!
And even damage the microwave oven. Never do this! However, under the influence of microwaves, the disk will fail very quickly;
This is why I do not like SSD drives. They have a limited number of write cycles, and are also susceptible to all kinds of electromagnetic radiation.
Flash drives are also easy to destroy: just remove the case and simply break the chip. It will be impossible to recover data from such a flash drive.
And there's dirt on the hard drive. They'll find it! It needs to be destroyed immediately! What to do!?...
So, you urgently need to destroy all information on the hard drive that contains any compromising data.
The hard drive is designed so that even after formatting, data can be restored on it. And low-level formatting takes a lot of time! ...
What to do?
There is only one way out: physical damage to the device. Once damaged, the hard drive will no longer be subject to restoration and operation.
1. If the disk is a classic magnetic HDD.
Inside the classic disk there is a magnetic metal drum.
The necessary information is "magnetized" on it and it is quite difficult to damage it.
There is even a special device called a "hard drive shredder":
The device is expensive and is used in large enterprises where after work it is necessary to completely destroy all data.
The principle of its operation is that hard drives are ground into scrap metal and it will be impossible to restore the data.
And the output will be a whole mountain of scrap metal along with parts.
But what to do if there is no shredder?
There are two ways:
- Use a powerful magnet and demagnetize the plates with it;
- Take a chisel and a hammer and make many, many holes in the disk pancake;
2. In the case of a solid-state drive (SSD), everything is much simpler!
After all, the recording is actually done on a non-volatile microcircuit, so it is much easier to disable the disk.
— You can simply smash it with a hammer. The device is fragile and will be destroyed very quickly;
— Some craftsmen advise placing the disk in a microwave oven, but this is very dangerous because it can cause a fire!
And even damage the microwave oven. Never do this! However, under the influence of microwaves, the disk will fail very quickly;
This is why I do not like SSD drives. They have a limited number of write cycles, and are also susceptible to all kinds of electromagnetic radiation.
Flash drives are also easy to destroy: just remove the case and simply break the chip. It will be impossible to recover data from such a flash drive.
