Re: [Hampshire] Hard disk destruction

Paul Stimpson <paul@???> wrote:
> If you heat it up in the oven to above it's
> magnetic point then drop it on the floor or hit
> it with said hammer you will cause random
> magnetic domains to form all over it.

Just heating the platter to beyond its Curie Point
is that's required - the domains will be
completely disordered then.

Finding the Curie Point of the magnetic material
used on your particular drive is more of a
problem, as is dealing with the molten aluminium
if your platter happens to be made of that.

Nick.

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Nick Chalk ................. once a Radio Designer
Confidence is failing to understand the problem.