Comments on: Hard drives - a proper sendoff http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/ The official blog of PBwiki Fri, 16 May 2008 04:53:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Nathan Schmidt http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-23132 Nathan Schmidt Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:23:02 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-23132 Frank - cool, good to know for next time. I looked around, turns out we don't actually have any hardware that can talk to most of these SCSI drives anymore. It's all SATA now, those crazy kids. Frank - cool, good to know for next time. I looked around, turns out we don’t actually have any hardware that can talk to most of these SCSI drives anymore. It’s all SATA now, those crazy kids.

]]> By: Frank http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-23131 Frank Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:17:12 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-23131 You can use DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke), which repeatedly overwrites the platters with random data. You can select different security levels (including standard ones used to erase secret government data or something). Even though from a technical standpoint, these drives would be perfectly safe (or at least insanely expensive to even attempt recovery), I understand if you'd still want to physicallydestroy them for your clients' peace of mind. Hey, you can do both, right? :oP DBAN linkage: http://dban.sourceforge.net/ oh hey, apparently there's an enterprise version: http://www.techwayservices.com/eban-data-destruction/ You can use DBAN (Darik’s Boot and Nuke), which repeatedly overwrites the platters with random data. You can select different security levels (including standard ones used to erase secret government data or something). Even though from a technical standpoint, these drives would be perfectly safe (or at least insanely expensive to even attempt recovery), I understand if you’d still want to physicallydestroy them for your clients’ peace of mind. Hey, you can do both, right? :oP
DBAN linkage: http://dban.sourceforge.net/
oh hey, apparently there’s an enterprise version:
http://www.techwayservices.com/eban-data-destruction/

]]> By: Nathan Schmidt http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21544 Nathan Schmidt Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:08:45 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21544 We're going to destroy them. There's nothing wrong with most of them but they've been replaced by newer, faster equipment. We're aggressive about user privacy and data protection so to be on the safe side, we don't reuse, discard, or sell any hard drives which have held user data. We’re going to destroy them. There’s nothing wrong with most of them but they’ve been replaced by newer, faster equipment.

We’re aggressive about user privacy and data protection so to be on the safe side, we don’t reuse, discard, or sell any hard drives which have held user data.

]]> By: THSH http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21543 THSH Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:00:53 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21543 I'm always looking for hard drives. I’m always looking for hard drives.

]]> By: THSH http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21542 THSH Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:00:27 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21542 So ah, what happens to all of those hard drives? Are they not working? So ah, what happens to all of those hard drives? Are they not working?

]]> By: Liberty Miller http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21368 Liberty Miller Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:59:54 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21368 I, for one, support you. Compulsives of the world unite! I, for one, support you.

Compulsives of the world unite!

]]> By: William S. Signs http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21208 William S. Signs Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:19:17 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-21208 You very badly need a life. You very badly need a life.

]]> By: Emma Jane http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-20880 Emma Jane Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:39:12 +0000 http://blog.pbwiki.com/2007/07/03/hard-drives-a-proper-sendoff/#comment-20880 And that is exactly why you are a tech-head!! I'm proud of you!! And that is exactly why you are a tech-head!! I’m proud of you!!

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