Wanted computer person to destroy old hard drive

[Freelance]

Hi there

I have a Medion desktop PC and need to get rid of it as I have a newer one. However, I need someone to destroy the old hard drive for me first. Can anyone help?

Many thanks

[handymaneast dulwich]

I can help :)

[sweetgirl]

Why not chuck it in a bathtub of water!!!!

Or a smaller receptacle of course.......

[Green Goose]

The most secure method is to take it apart using the appropriate screw drivers , then smash the platters.

Next best is take a very large hammer and smash it several times so that it is reduced in thickness. This smashes the paltters inside.

[ianr]

Would you not be content with secure overwriting using dedicated drive-wiping / file-shredding software? I would. There are numerous free downloadable ones ( see eg https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-wipe-a-hard-drive-2624527) that you can burn to a flash drive or CD and boot from, and I think most of the Recovery CDs I have contain one.

Don't forget too that a Windows licence may still be of value.

[southeastelectric]

Water doesn't destroy electrical items

Once properly dried they still work as nothing happen