Hard drive platters make EXCELLENT signal mirrors.
[STRIKE]Use a program to triple over write the data then[/STRIKE] take them apart and put one cloth wrapped platter in each bug out bag.
That kind of data recovery costs thousands and goes up from there. Worth every penny if there was top secret information that needs recovered or a company's financials... personally I don't have anything on any of my computers that would be worth that kind of expense.
FIFY. If you are taking them apart, just pass a magnet over the platters when you have it apart. That'll do it. 30 seconds per side with a magnet is MUCH faster than a program.
FIFY. If you are taking them apart, just pass a magnet over the platters when you have it apart. That'll do it. 30 seconds per side with a magnet is MUCH faster than a program.
not true. I can pull a single or double wiped hardrive in however long it takes to save the data to another drive. All for free.
Sounds like I am going to head out to the range with a tarp and do some ballistics testing.
I don't have anything illegal on the drives. Just don't like the idea of someone else getting any of my info because I left it on an unsecured drive.
No no, you see, you have to write zeroes on the drive in order to truly wipe it.
So take the platter out... get a really fine-tipped pen... and draw a bunch of 0's all over it.
Then you qualify for the "hit it once with a hammer on the circuit board" method. as long as the board and/or connectors are toast, its beyond what a casual tinkerer will try.Sounds like I am going to head out to the range with a tarp and do some ballistics testing.
I don't have anything illegal on the drives. Just don't like the idea of someone else getting any of my info because I left it on an unsecured drive.
Sounds like I am going to head out to the range with a tarp and do some ballistics testing.
I don't have anything illegal on the drives. Just don't like the idea of someone else getting any of my info because I left it on an unsecured drive.