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I've never been in the business of wiping drives, but I had thought a strong magnet would do the trick for this? Or is the physical damage also relevant here? C

• vidarh 7y ago
  Physically destroying them is more relevant to be able to evidence that the data was actually destroyed. If you do it yourself and are sure it was strong enough and that you haven't e.g. just damaged the controller, then you're probably good. Making sure the platter is actually ruined leaves less room to question whether or not it was actually properly destroyed.