Shredding CD's?

[manlymatt83]

Does it work? Any other easy way? I have about 100 regular CD's from old backups and I want to convert to DVD's.

 

[Newbian]

Why not just make them into a artwork or cheap frisbee's?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Throw them in the microwave and nuke 'em.

 

[eldorado99]

I use the CD shredders at work sometimes. As long as no one is working around there it is effective, pretty loud though. You can also burn them (literally set them on fire).

 

[Brainonska511]

You could always just break it in half.

 

[jlee]

I've cut them with a pocketknife..just score across the disc's surface and it's not readable - at least not by anything I have.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: JLee
I've cut them with a pocketknife..just score across the disc's surface and it's not readable - at least not by anything I have.

Yep. I just always put a gouge in the top so that the foil comes off.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: manlymatt83
Does it work? Any other easy way? I have about 100 regular CD's from old backups and I want to convert to DVD's.

No, a shredder will not convert CDs to DVDs.




I don't believe writeable DVDs can be considered permanent storage, unless they've improved in the last few years. Even if they have improved, I hope you're keeping an additional copy of all of this stuff on a hard drive.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Throw them in the microwave and nuke 'em.

Or let a Tesla Coil blast away the foil.


You could probably set a stack of them on top of a 100kV+ coil, set a ground wire near the top of the stack, and wait.
I'd imagine it would damage the foil on most of them, though you might wind up with a fire at some point, so be careful.