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marzzo · 08-27-2011, 12:30 PM

I've turned some of my old ones into external USB drives, do you destroy your old ones or are you a hoarder?

Fire? Weapons? Battery Acid?

Or do you reformat them and sell on eBay?

Bottom of the Pacific maybe?

CurrentlySober · 08-27-2011, 12:32 PM

I do a poo on them...

CurrentlySober · 08-27-2011, 12:32 PM

I like poo...

Verbal · 08-27-2011, 12:41 PM

I beat the shit out of them with a sledge hammer, then play with the little powerful magnets inside.

quickhosting · 08-27-2011, 12:49 PM

bash the &^&% out of them with a hammer myself, making sure I hear the platters crack inside

one good shot near the motor helps.
great stress relieving technique too

V_RocKs · 08-27-2011, 01:14 PM

turn them into USB drives too.

candyflip · 08-27-2011, 01:16 PM

I have them all in a big box in my office.

CurrentlySober · 08-27-2011, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V_RocKs

turn them into USB drives too.

USB Drives are SOOOO much easier to fit inside your ass...

ottopottomouse · 08-27-2011, 01:19 PM

Hammer .

Paul&John · 08-27-2011, 01:21 PM

i sell them ;)

Klen · 08-27-2011, 01:22 PM

I sold once 9 old hard drives,to same person over usenet.

Chosen · 08-27-2011, 02:50 PM

I use them

StinkyPink · 08-27-2011, 03:01 PM

I save all my spare parts, when I get enough to build a computer and give it to someone who can't afford it. Many old people and poor people barely use them for anything but email, facebook, mahjong, solitaire, bejeweled... whatever. I save anything over 20gb for XP installs. The computers I give away usually have a few smaller hdd in them. Sometimes 3...

If I spend money on anything to fix them, I will tack on a fee, the ones I sell are usually $150 or less... usually $100. It's a hobby.

Best-In-BC · 08-27-2011, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verbal

I beat the shit out of them with a sledge hammer, then play with the little powerful magnets inside.

grumpy · 08-27-2011, 03:35 PM

i bang a nail through old ones, very effective

Charlie Fiend · 08-27-2011, 03:37 PM

Target practice out on the desert! Hardrives are fun to blast!

harvey · 08-27-2011, 03:44 PM

If they're still usable, I donate them, otherwise just throw them to garbage

camgirlshide · 08-27-2011, 04:31 PM

sell them, it's amazing what people will buyon ebay

AAB · 08-27-2011, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verbal

I beat the shit out of them with a sledge hammer, then play with the little powerful magnets inside.

I don't have a sledge hammer readily available so I used a combination of rock boulders and fire in that order

L-Pink · 08-27-2011, 09:08 PM

Target practice.

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Rochard · 08-27-2011, 10:37 PM

I take them apart as much as I can, smash them with a hammer, put a nail through them, and then burn them in the fireplace. Then I toss them out. Seriously. I don't want anyone poking through my old drives.

glowlite · 08-27-2011, 10:42 PM

I have them melted with an acetylene torch.

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 08-27-2011, 10:52 PM

I keep them all (I'm planning to put them on display in my memorial museum).

So, suck it haters!

ADG

Darkhorse · 08-27-2011, 10:56 PM

I use them to update family/friends systems and keep them myself for any backups I need to do ect ect.

I find the moment you sell/give away an old part is more often then not the time you need it.

Paul Markham · 08-28-2011, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by candyflip

I have them all in a big box in my office.

Me too. Got a lot of them that were backing up the content library that have gone down. Would love someone to re erect them for us.

My Pimp · 08-28-2011, 02:13 AM

I will destroy them. Do not sell them. Re-formating is not engough. There are programs that can recover your data.

Harmon · 08-28-2011, 02:19 AM

Drill a few holes through them and then throw them into a bucket of salt water for about a week.

Paul&John · 08-28-2011, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by My Pimp

I will destroy them. Do not sell them. Re-formating is not engough. There are programs that can recover your data.

there are safe ways to do that, for example by rewriting everything on the hard drive => nothing can be recovered from the previous data ;)

BIGTYMER · 08-28-2011, 02:34 AM

Wipe them with gov rated software.

StinkyPink · 08-28-2011, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BIGTYMER

Wipe them with gov rated software.

I'm sure the gov can unwipe them with gov rated software, and if they can do it, so can someone else.

Godsmack · 08-28-2011, 05:17 AM

Or make a really cool clock..

Barry-xlovecam · 08-28-2011, 07:17 AM

Mutilate them and bury them in the crawlspace ... LOL

Vjo · 08-28-2011, 09:28 AM

Real simple. Take them to the trash just before the truck picks them up.

There is a one in a zillion chance anyone will ever discover them in today's garbage system.

raymor · 08-28-2011, 09:44 AM

When drives begin to fail, I write random data to them, then mail them to to the datacenter marked "replacement drive for Media Revenue server #1."

Klen · 08-28-2011, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by My Pimp

I will destroy them. Do not sell them. Re-formating is not engough. There are programs that can recover your data.

Yes i remembered that only after i sold all my hard drives ;) Well i think there was nothing important on them anyway.

Klen · 08-28-2011, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul&John

there are safe ways to do that, for example by rewriting everything on the hard drive => nothing can be recovered from the previous data ;)

Yes you can use program DBAN for that,but faster way to do it and over windows would be simply writing a bogus file with matching size of entire hard drive and once it's written format drive.So if someone tries to get data back he will only get that bogus file

chaze · 08-28-2011, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marzzo

I've turned some of my old ones into external USB drives, do you destroy your old ones or are you a hoarder?

Fire? Weapons? Battery Acid?

Or do you reformat them and sell on eBay?

Bottom of the Pacific maybe?

I put together computers with old parts and donate them to schools.

cooldude7 · 08-28-2011, 12:23 PM

i do experiments with them, like dismantleing it and playing with motor and discs.

seeandsee · 08-28-2011, 12:37 PM

last time i had "old" one, i cant use

i opened the case, put out disc with data and destroyed it in pain

Spunky · 08-28-2011, 12:42 PM

I like to play with the magnets

Scott McD · 08-28-2011, 12:47 PM

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