Re: Hard Drive Destruct System?
From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: 26 Nov 2004 22:46:01 GMT
In article <slrncqfbjh.fl0.ibuprofin@compton.phx.az.us>,
Moe Trin <no.mail.accepted.sorry> wrote:
:>Would the heat from the grinding be enough to ignite the H2/O2 mix and
:>ensure that data can't be recovered?
:No. Not enough energy in the H2/O2 that would remain in a typical hard
:disk without exploding and blowing open the case. Such an explosion
:might damage the drive to make it unusable, but wouldn't damage the media
:enough to preclude data recovery.
See my previous posting on this topic; I gave the concentrations at
which hydrogen will burn instead of exploding. Low concentration would
probably be better, as the relative concentration of hydrogen
would at worst go lower and stop the burning; if one went for the
high concentration of hydrogen side of the curve, then one runs the
risk that the burning of the hydrogen will change the relative
concentrations to the point that an explosion would start.
-- "Mathematics? I speak it like a native." -- Spike Milligan
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