badbass Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I don't know if this will work but I have overwritten drives from older pc's with random bit patterns. boot and nuke live cd and other things. Just setup an extra machine to do this with. I don't keep extra hard drives. I drill those with a ten amp drill. Yes I like tools. If you are paranoid physically destroy thumb drives. They will survive the washing machine and dryer a few times. Smash it with a hammer run over it with a car. Among many other ways to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sud0nick Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 This is a really random post. I also destroy old hard drives. If I can't re-purpose the drive for anything then I DBAN it and destroy all of the platters. I make sure I punch at least 3 holes through the platters completely then I just do as much damage as I can with both sides of a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0N3z Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hydraulic press. pull the magnets and flatten to destruction. also like sud0nick said, punch some holes in the platters themselves and maybe throw in a fire for extra precaution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbass Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Fire works for thumb drives. My mother had a 2002 chevy suburban. Drive over the flash drives. I have not tried it but I want to. Salt water. Salt water should kill a thumb drive. I use the same drill I use to drill holes in concrete with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 No drive recovery company in the world will even try to pull data off a drive that's been zeroed out. Even a single zero, or random write is plenty with today's drives. The whole drill holes and smash with a hammer is just overkill, though fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbass Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 There has to be a few in Tampa bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Salt water will not kill a thumb drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbass Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 once the circuit board gets hit with Salt water it is all over for sd cards and flash drives. I know this from experience, fishing and scuba diving. Dump anything out of your pocket that saltwater could kill car Remotes and keys included. If you saw what it does to brass copper and aluminum you would say wow. If it kills a phone if will kill any other semiconductor device. Memory included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Only if they have power applied. I've recovered data off drives that have been found on the beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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