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ok, i dont want to take a baseball to it

is there any software which can total your hard drive without causing physical damage to it? or would putting a magnet on it work? any ideas?
 

Douse it in gasoline and set it ablaze, dont forget the beer and marshmellows.
 
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Originally posted by: Phocas
Douse it in gasoline and set it ablaze, dont forget the beer and marshmellows.
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What part of NO PHYSICAL DAMANGE do people not understand?
 
3chordcharlie

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SMASH!!!!!!!!!!

(I'm sure someone will tell you about data-shredding in a bit, but this is more fun)
 
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Originally posted by: Sultan
Originally posted by: Nik
There's no way to permanently disable or destroy a drive without physical damage.
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Magnets? Sofware? ANYTHING???
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You can get programs designed to repeatedly overwrite the entire contents of the drive.

But in theory it still isn't perfect. How 'erased' does it need to be? If it needs to be perfect, and you want ti to appear you have not damaged the drive, smash the old one and replace it with a new drive.
 
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Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Originally posted by: Sultan
Originally posted by: Nik
There's no way to permanently disable or destroy a drive without physical damage.
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Magnets? Sofware? ANYTHING???
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You can get programs designed to repeatedly overwrite the entire contents of the drive.

But in theory it still isn't perfect. How 'erased' does it need to be? If it needs to be perfect, and you want ti to appear you have not damaged the drive, smash the old one and replace it with a new drive.
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Not erased, it needs to be in non-workable condition.

Sundog my cousins mom wont get her a new computer until she proves this crappy one is no more in working condition. or sth like that :roll:
 
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Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
oh you just want it to stop working? sounds like a warranty scam to me :p
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lol
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this hdd didnt have seagate's 5-year warranty
 
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dude just unplug the hdd. it will say no boot disk detected - "proof" the hard drive died. if its so crappy prolly nothing is under warranty to be scammed anyways. doubtful the mom whould have any idea anyways. hell, you send me teh working one, ill send you a broken one!
 
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Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
dude just unplug the hdd. it will say no boot disk detected - "proof" the hard drive died. if its so crappy prolly nothing is under warranty to be scammed anyways. doubtful the mom whould have any idea anyways. hell, you send me teh working one, ill send you a broken one!
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Can i please get a technically sound idea from this geek forum? :p
 
3chordcharlie

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Originally posted by: Sultan
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
dude just unplug the hdd. it will say no boot disk detected - "proof" the hard drive died. if its so crappy prolly nothing is under warranty to be scammed anyways. doubtful the mom whould have any idea anyways. hell, you send me teh working one, ill send you a broken one!
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Can i please get a technically sound idea from this geek forum? :p
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How technically-sound is the mom?

OK, overclock the processor, and undervolt everything in sight. Then run defrag and Prime95 at the same time and you should generate some nice data corruption.
 
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