The importance of information in the modern world cannot be overestimated. Its volume, importance and price are growing every day, while people have formed a not quite correct attitude towards its storage and safety. Common storage locations are the hard drives of home computers, servers, mobile computers, and portable storage devices. It happens that you need to get rid of information urgently.
Necessary
- - grinding wheel;
- - grinder;
- - a hammer;
- - screwdriver.
Instructions
Step 1
The type of information destruction directly depends on who is trying to get it. In the case when hunters do not have special recovery tools, you can get by with simple low-level formatting followed by overwriting with empty data. This method is quite lengthy. In addition, you can disable the hard disk controller - a board with microcircuits at the bottom of the hard drive case. After a breakdown, the data will physically remain intact: by replacing the controller, it can be read.
Step 2
The storage location of information is magnetic disks, which are located inside the hard drive. There are one or more of them, depending on the capacity of the disk. To permanently destroy data, it is necessary to destroy these disks. First of all, disassemble the hard drive case. Remove the shiny discs from it. If you have a grinding wheel at home, you can grind discs on it. It is necessary to grind on all sides until the shiny layer disappears completely. The grinding wheel can be successfully replaced with a grinder. After cutting, it is advisable to split the disc into several parts. A grinder or a metal saw is also suitable for this. A simply broken or cut disc can be read with a special device that is sensitive to even very weak magnetic fields.
Step 3
If you have more time at your disposal and friends or family who work in the factories, you can ask them to help. Most factories have powerful presses that can quickly physically destroy hard drives. In addition, some factories have powerful industrial ovens - their temperature will be enough to destroy information along with the disk.
Step 4
In the case when it becomes necessary to destroy the hard drive in a few seconds, you can use special devices. They are installed in the system unit, hard drives are installed in them. At the necessary moment, you can press a button on the device or on the radio control key fob. The hard drive will be subjected to a directed, powerful magnetic pulse, after which the data on it will be destroyed. An example is the Surf or Impulse devices.
