computer recycling - How to wipe a hard drive with only a screw driver

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Computer recycling and reuse;
How To Wipe A Hard Drive With Only A Screw Driver
DIY Fast & Easy Hard Drive Wipe
Note, this does not stop all levels of forensic data recovery.
DIY HDD Wipe, Fast Hard Drive Wipe, Quick HDD Wipe, Toolless Data Destruction, DIY Data Destruction, Destroy hard drive

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@cameronmckellar1034 5 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for. My old laptop doesn't even turn on, so I needed a more brutalistic approach to ensuring my old data was gone.

@erimmcsherry354 2 жыл бұрын

What do you have, Giorno Giovanna trying to uncover your identity or something?

@PatchieQC 7 ай бұрын

Does it keep the operating system?

@exgenica 5 күн бұрын

Just ask Hillary for help. She has a LOT of experience with "wiping" computer drives...probably has a favorite song with which she sings along while doing it.

@DalTexGuy Жыл бұрын

This is helpful because my mother in-law lost the charging cable to her notebook computer and we haven't been able to find a replacement. So, she gave it to me to take to the hazard recycle facility but first I removed the hard drive in case any of her banking information was still on it. I don't see her getting another laptop in the near future that the old hard drive can be installed in so the best thing to do is to just get rid it.

@TaxEvasionUS 5 жыл бұрын

You guys can use Darkin's boot and nuke, also know as DBAN if you want to fully wipe a hard drive

@oliver9438 5 жыл бұрын

I cant because my computer blue screens every time It starts up

@TaxEvasionUS 5 жыл бұрын

@@oliver9438 if you already have DBAN on a disk, you can boot the disk through the BIOS rather than the OS

@oliver9438 5 жыл бұрын

@@TaxEvasionUS u right

@TaxEvasionUS 5 жыл бұрын

@@oliver9438 but too if you are having blue screen issues, why don't you just reinstall Windows? It will be more better than having to wait for DBAN to wipe the hard drive

@jayrowe6473 3 ай бұрын

That's "Darik's" Boot And Nuke.

@alexwilhelm6667 6 жыл бұрын

NUU THE POOR LITTLE HARD DRIVE *CRIES

@ZZsfnChannel 4 жыл бұрын

ok serioulsy for wiping data and not destroying you could just format the hard drive, but its better to use a wiping software such as DBAN. you can boot on the dban cd and just type in QUICK. it will take a few hrs depending on the size of your hard drive.

@PeterSramka Күн бұрын

This technique will not wipe the hard drive. If you want to erase a hard drive you need a much much more powerful magnet than what is used in this video. A pull force of at least 450 pounds is needed to have any effect on a hard drive, and that kind of force is incredibly dangerous.

@jasonl4237 5 жыл бұрын

Why does so many people say it make your drive spoil, but useless, I thought main purpose its to make a drive spoil? I have old hard drive that I want to destroy all data before throwing it away, will this method work? Thanks

@darktoadone5068 3 жыл бұрын

I just use a sledgehammer, so fast.

@ZZsfnChannel 4 жыл бұрын

o I get it, but I'd spray the platter down with the special wiping ingredient that comes in a spray can. make sure to spray on the top and bottom of platter. use the whole can to be sure its good and wiped. dry with a lent free cloth.. :P

@primalfury2011 2 ай бұрын

they take the time to remove cover.. the hearts right there..goto town ..smash and grind that platter.. put holes thru it then paint it !

@npolite1 4 жыл бұрын

This is just to attempt to destroy the drive. If you don't actually have the magnet make contact with the patter it won't really do much. On top of that there is 0 chance that it will destroy any data on the lower platters. If you can't wipe the drive using DBAN, since the drive has failed, best bet would be to gut out the platters and then take them outside on the street and slide them around with your shoe. This is going to scuff them up pretty good.

@exgenica 5 күн бұрын

Some of these drives have quite a few platters and use both sides of each platter for data (except the ones that use servo positioning tracks on at least one of the platters). You'd also have to disassemble the platter core to remove each platter and mangle them individually. Screwdriver likely won't help in disassembling the platters.

@BadSaratoga 3 ай бұрын

Use a punch and 3lb hammer. Set the punch on the top of the aluminum cover and drive it through with the hammer. It will shatter all the drive platters rendering them useless. No screwdriver needed.

@BigTwig858 6 жыл бұрын

This should be titled...." how to use a screwdriver " useless !!!!

@test-rj2vl 3 ай бұрын

That only scratches 1st layer. Anyone who has with 6 digit budget for recovery can easily get the remaining data.

@laurencecope6677 6 жыл бұрын

Dont think so some how. Just delete everything electronically.

@nasif3708 3 жыл бұрын

1:22 this part is cursed!

@ZZsfnChannel 4 жыл бұрын

dont waster your time opening it up. just take the screw driver and rip up the outer cable connections. takes like 5 seconds. true somebody could load that platter in another reader but not without the right tools like a dust free environment. very few peeps can do that.

@KittyCSGO 7 жыл бұрын

can you still use it

@jayrowe6473 3 ай бұрын

No.

@KittyCSGO 3 ай бұрын

dawg that was 6 years ago@@jayrowe6473

@jackpope1857 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to remove all of the data off the hard drive just smash the disk by dropping it or smashing it with a rock so the platters on the inside break

@verigon2915 3 ай бұрын

This is not always effective. Unless you put it back and verify the data is gone do not trust this method.

@MacGuffin1 3 ай бұрын

This totally wouldn't work, the magnetic coercitivty would be dimished but stil readable in a lab

@rivenelvis2351 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't work.... :( rip my 80$ hard drive....

@imdynamis9824 3 жыл бұрын

Its for disposal not reuse

@marty644 7 жыл бұрын

lmao.

@williamgarcia9858 3 жыл бұрын

Just dump it in molten lava.

@satinbarbi 6 ай бұрын

It can only be destroyed by throwing it into the fiery chasm of Mount DOOM!

@Mastergeko4 5 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to erase a Hard Drive WITHOUT destroying it.

@razeblast3r 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to format a hard drive make a bootable linux usb format the hard drives, turn off the pc and plug the usb out

@NaterBalls 4 жыл бұрын

Should have took tye screwdriver and scratch the living hell out of the disc

@animespaghetti5420 3 жыл бұрын

this is a test

@sherazahmed497 Ай бұрын

slam once on ground when it is closed and disc will be broken no data recovery 1000000000000% sure happened to me ;-;

@785omc 3 жыл бұрын

@rubeng9649 5 жыл бұрын

TITLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN “HOW TO DESTROY A HARD DRIVE” misleading title causing people to waste valuable hardware. And you call yourselves “computer recycling.” shame.

@mathsclassesbyomsir5092 Ай бұрын

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@xxn9nesxx 6 жыл бұрын

I want to wipe it not destroy it

@manuelf.almeida 5 жыл бұрын

Wrong vídeo. Use a data recovery software for that. This is to destroy HDD that are already useless but still have sensitive data in them that can be recovered.