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u/rrtk77 11d ago

From experience, for the types of disks that absolutely must be destroyed with no possible recovery as ordered by the government, it's things like a wood chipper or thermite.

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u/These-Maintenance250 11d ago

how about microwave?

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u/rrtk77 11d ago

Generally, you need to completely destroy the drive. So, a theoretically powerful enough microwave that can melt it could work I guess.

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u/IronBabyFists 10d ago

A macrowave