My boss just handed me a box full of old hard drives and told me to dispose of them properly, Sup Forums.
What's the proper way to dispose of those things? Environmentally and data-security wise?
My boss just handed me a box full of old hard drives and told me to dispose of them properly, Sup Forums
Kayden Reyes
Colton Campbell
You upload them to your computer and blackmail co-workers
Jaxson Barnes
Shred service. They wil shred them in front of you. Yes someone can still pull a tiny bit of data after shredding but chances of making sense of the data is almost impossible.
Kayden Edwards
Blast them with piss
Lincoln Collins
Ebay
Blake Scott
why not keep em and use em?
Colton Brooks
1.) DBAN
2.) Disassemble / remove platters
3.) Magnets to platters
4.) Destroy platters
5.) Dispose in different trash containers
Easton Parker
This. I was given used parts that have been replaced, older but still high end, from my workplace. CPU, SSD, HDDs, GPU.. Just format and use them in your PC, OP.
Robert James
If they contain info like ssn on them he might get into a lot of trouble for that if anyone ever found out
Cameron Brooks
Drill
Torx screwdriver and hammer
Brandon Cruz
If it's corporate data, a DBAN pass will completely destroy it and keep the hard drives sellable.
But your boss probably won't like that.
If you want to make your boss happy, treat the drives to a hammer.
If you want to make some money on the side AND be sure that the data is completely destroyed, dban them all.
Matthew Baker
termite
Juan Miller
This. Even if it's old shit, some people will buy them as replacement parts.
Benjamin Thomas
>implying your boss would trust you to dispose of them if they contained anything sensitive
Just DBAN and put them in the dumpster. If you have company money to spend then take them to a shredding service.
Benjamin Cooper
Sell them to the FBI or competing companies depending on whats on the drives.
Colton Howard
Or use DBAN and build a NAS
Jayden Cox
ATOMIC DISMANTLING JUTSU!
Camden Lewis
Put them in your closet
William Robinson
This.
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Cooper Turner
He could, you know, wipe the drives?
Lucas Ross
>Referring to your employer as boss.
Andrew Gonzalez
This and only this, they also give you a certificate of destruction that you can use later to prove you destroyed them in case data gets out via different means to clear yourself.
Nathaniel Davis
Just hide them so he thinks you did a good job and you get GBP
Levi Long
Just stomp on them outside.
Thomas Bell
...
Dominic Rivera
Just like you should hide your identity by not using a tripcode.
Mason Hill
1) sata secure erase
2) throw in the trash
Tyler Kelly
You mean with a cloth or something?
Justin Williams
format them then sell
Or use them yourself
Ayden Jones
Aaron Robinson
>since 2017
well done
Levi Ross
>handed me a box full of old hard drives and told me to dispose of them properly.
Why does he think that you are qualified to do this?
Chase Young
I bet this was really funny in your head
Alexander Garcia
it's a quote, you dip
Levi Brooks
>haha I was only pretending
Adam Baker
DBAN and give to a recycling center
Hudson Long
lol
r u serious
Adam Cooper
No man, I just don't know how it works digitally at all.
Blake James
Sell them to me :-3
Kayden Peterson
Elijah Harris
Data erasure expert here. For your situation just remove the plates and burn them in a container with cotton and alcohol, then recycle the metal or throw it away or whatever. If you want to feel like a 1337 haxx0r you can wipe them first, but there's really not reason to.
Isaiah Perez
Dban
Andrew Richardson
I could still recover that data
Jeremiah Roberts
>What's the proper way to dispose of those things? Environmentally?
DBAN
>data-security wise?
Blender
Aiden Cooper
these guys and gals are experts on data destruction, give them a call :^)
Ethan Hill
fpbp
Adrian Edwards
>Environmentally
Recycle them
>data-security
Shred them
James Price
Send me one OP