You may not know it, but there are many effective software that can recover most of the information on your hard drive. In addition, there are specialized companies that can do it even if the storage unit has problems. But there are some methods that prevent efficient data recovery.
In this way, you can make hard drive information unrecoverable
There are easier methods and faster methods to destroy a hard drive. In the case of mechanical hard drives or HDDs, the task is a little more complex than on SSDs. We’ll cover hard drives first, then we’ll look at a strange recommendation to destroy an SSD from a major manufacturer.
We must bear in mind that the information on hard drives randomly distributed. This requires some pretty aggressive methods to destroy the drive, not just punch a few holes in it. You need to unmount the hard drive and remove the trays from the device
Once we have the hard drive not mountedwhat we will do is sand them down. It is important to do this outside, to prevent the metal from breathing and dirtying the house. To have to Do it intensely on all dishes and on both sides. This process will destroy the tracks and the information will become impossible to recover.
Another fairly simple option is break the plates into small pieces with a hammer. If we use this method, the interesting thing is to distribute the remains and throw them in different places. It doesn’t hurt to be extra careful about this, as some information might still be retrieved (even if it’s extremely little).
We have a more expedited and much less recommended method. You may have seen it in the movies and it’s put the hard drive in the microwave. In fact, this method works quite well, but it is very dangerous, as this could damage the microwave, it could even explode.
Come on, the easiest and safest option is to use sandpaper or at most tear it into pieces.
The curious request from Samsung Germany
This is a rather curious case which concerns a M.2 solid-state drive. These types of drives are technically and physically very different from hard drives, so the same methods won’t work at all. Really, in an SSD with drilling or cutting the memory into multiple parts, that would be more than enough. But, the user with Igor’s Lab and, with the consent of Samsung GermanyThey went further.
It seems that a German user has operating problems with your SSD. After doing different tests required by Samsung, the company was going to take care of the replacement via RMA. The problem is that the user reported to Samsung Germany that inside the device there was very sensitive data. We assume that we have not given more details than for security and privacy.
After a phone call between Samsung Germany and the user, as well as provide documentation by mail, finally the company gave him a solution. Since it is true that the SSD had different memory faults and everything was in order, they told him that could destroy the SSD.
Although they were told they were going to drill the unit, they eventually settled on a most extreme method. User with Igor’s laboratory and with permission from Samsung Germany, used a radio. The truth is that the video is quite funny and curious, in addition, by destroying the memory chip in this way, the the information is 100% unrecoverable.
We will say it, even if it would not be necessary by logic, but, DON’T DO IT AT HOME. If your storage unit has any issues, send it to RMA and if you have confidential data, talk to the store and they will already deal with it with the manufacturer or whoever. It really is a special case. If you do this and your device is under warranty, you will obviously lose it instantly.
