Destroy Hard Drive Data with the Garner HD-3 Degausser

[robertsmi9]

I had to get rid if a hard drive a few years ago and I had to make sure that nothing could be read off of it so I, shit it with a shot gun a few time, then soaked it in gas and burned it, then smashed it into so mant pieces, and then spread the pieces into several dumpsters throughout my city.

[Sassymui8]

This is the best way to erase data. It's even recommned by FBI

[daniturcu]

The price of a degausser: 3000 $ +

The price of a hammer: 3$ -

The smile on your face while hitting the hard drive with the hammer and 2997 $ in your pocket: priceless!

[i8246i]

I hope you all know this doesn't just erase data...it ruins the drive. Nothing can be written on the drive ever again.

This is for businesses who have lots and lots of hard drives either in a server, or hot-swap hard drives in computers...and have sensitive data on the drive.

When you dispose of these drives, you do not want one BYTE of data to be recoverable.

[DarkWerewolf420]

when i read degausser i thought of a gauss gun so i thought it would launch the hdd at a incredible speed into a brick wall or something.

[gormur81]

Just too bad it has no effect on SSD-disks. Mechanical shredding and incinerating the remains is the only safe way to go, independent of media.

[malgaines]

Nah, just throw it in a volcano.

[G4bR1eL14]

vou parar de perder tempo formatando!

[jpdemers]

Nahhh... this is how you do it: youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3­o

[SEANYBOY9500]

"in less than 1 second... your hard drive is erased" then badly damaged lol

[electronicwiz1]

I wonder how it does that that fast??

[hitachi088]

@electronicwiz1

maybe a mini microwave , of a super big Electromagnet ...

[electronicwiz1]

@hitachi088 probably!!

[deluxedookie]

only 1 way to really erase a HDD, and thats not it bet the FBI can get that data back

[TechSmack]

"what does this button do?" MY POOOOOOORRRRRNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

[MrLeonard55]

How much are they?

[gynecolog1st]

whats a hard drive?

[ShokaLion]

What's the point in non destructively erasing a hard drive like that, when it spits the erased drive out like a sack of potatoes. Hard drives are delicate pieces of equipment. If that's the way you're going to eject it you might as well have erased it with a hammer.

[DarksporkLeader]

I don't think this conforms to DOD 7-pass specifications.

[themightyquinn100]

I think it destroyed it by spitting it out.

[robiniroven]

i can do that for free with a magnet

[MISECURE]

degaussing is basically a giant magnet which generates a magnetic field to wipe out the data. A typical degausser can generate up to 14,000 Gauss the entire planet generates about 0.3 to 0.6 gauss. Hence its a very powerful magnetic field

[MISECURE]

degaussing isn't always 100% secure data destruction. The best way is to smash or shred it up into pieces.

[happyguy82]

nice but modern hard drives come with an 'always on' hardware encryption that heavily encrypts HDD data in real time and is transparent to the user. to destroy the date the user simply has to delete the encryption key from the ROM on the circuit board.

[0wardjp]

im sorry, but what exactly is degaussing? And is that just to wipe the memory or to actually destroy it?

[thatstek]

Old CRTs' make a big magnetic field (which is why the corner of a CRT screen can go funny colors on the corners of the screen). So, degaussing is basically a huge magnetic field to counter-act the one the crt made. This "degausser" is basically a big electromagnet.

[0wardjp]

After seeing this video I looked up degaussing on youtube... it gave me a pretty good idea of what it is... but your explanation makes it allot better I think. I used to work in an electronics repair place and just for fun I would use the really strong magnets I pulled out of microwaves and play with the CRT TV's... only the old ones of course, others wise you get angry people coming back saying there TV is screwed lol

[happyguy82]

fluctuates a very strong magnetic field across it I guess.

[daewooparts]

i prefer to shred it in a SSI shredder or just MICROWAVE IT :P

[cheetawolf]

i think smashing is the more fun way to kill a harddrive :P

[thebulletproofboy]

@cheetawolf THEN INCINERATING IT

[Pauninggio]

Very good, but it would be perfect an improve in the ejecting device, :) because the hard drive may leave out demagnetized but ugly damaged by a strike.