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  1. 01-18-2014, 09:16 PM #1
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    Wiping the platters with a hard drive magnet will do it also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Wiping the platters with a hard drive magnet will do it also.
    Thanks guys, I've been wiping them with a microwave magnet and then cutting them up. I thought I read somewhere that wiping them with a magnet scrambles everything up but some data is left behind or something like that.
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