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How Should I Erase My Hard Drive Before I Give It Away Dec 09, 2011 The green area is the controller board. Drill through that as well. Don’t stop with just one hole, drill several times through the drive. The last hard drive was a 3.5″ desktop drive. You can drill 2.5″ laptop hard drives the same way. This laptop hard drive has a much larger controller board on the bottom, but is easier to drill through. The data density in today’s hard drives is much higher, meaning for every part you drill through you destroy more, but you’re also leaving more behind. So what are the ramifications? Here in the UK a breach of the Data Protection Act (which you need to adhere to when you’re handling confidential information) is likely to result in a hefty Hard drive platters are made either of aluminium or tempered glass. If you are to quickly render the data of many such drives absolutely irrecoverable, using a drill-press will utterly destroy the glass ones. (Even the smallest damage will cause them to fracture into thousands of shards.) We have spoken to IT Asset Managers who regularly practise the drill approach on computers under 4 years old. They are literally drilling through money, turning computers with value into worthless shells. If this sounds like you, please contact us and ask for a quote before you pull out your next hard drive. We can tell you exactly what your
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Since I also work with steel, I also know that with hard things I must drill at slower speeds. When you see your piece burning, it's time to adjust your speed to a much slower speed. And of course sharpness. When you burn your wood, it's time to either get a new bit or sharpen the one you have.