I’ve got a handful of old hard drives which I’d like to throw out.
I considered running a shred program on them, but that has taken far too long. I don’t think there’s anything particularly sensitive on them, but I’d rather not landfill/weee-recycle them without being sure any remaining data is unreadable.
Thoughts include:
- perservering with the shred program
- pillar drill a hole through the whole thing (I don’t have metal drill induction yet)
- just weee-recycle and hope for the best
- pay for a real hard drive shredding service (like this one) but that feels excessive
Any thoughts, or anyone else done similar? Keen to hear other (more viable) options