lol, dude, just take out the screws and toss the platters in the oven. you need software to retrieve data, but not necessarily to destroy it. I made a cool sp

lol, dude, just take out the screws and toss the platters in the oven. you need software to retrieve data, but not necessarily to destroy it. I made a cool spiral chandelier out of fishing wire and hard drive parts. The platters don't chime as harmoniously as I had hoped, but it still worked out great - and I have enough super fridge magnets to last the rest of my life.