Best way to destroy hard drive?

[Gliderman8]

OK.... I have removed the hard drive. It's a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, 250GB.

I hooked up with some cables and was able to see it on my Mac.
If I want to use it backup the files on my Mac what do I have to do to make it compatible?

 

[NutmegCT]

Elliot - try copying a Mac file onto the Seagate. Then sea (edit: see) if the Mac can open the file that's on the Seagate. If you can copy and read, then try renaming it and copying it back to the Mac and try to open it. If all goes well, it's "compatible".

Tom M.

 

[Gliderman8]

Thanks Tom. I’ll give it a try.

 

[Gliderman8]

The external hard drive is formatted NTFS so I can only read files off of it and not write files from my Mac onto the external hard drive.
Obviously I'll have to reformat or partition the hard drive. I need to think about the best way to proceed.

 

[NutmegCT]

Elliot - instead of messing around with cables and formats, why not just get a Mac external drive?

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKVD2ZM/A/lacie-1tb-rugged-usb-c-portable-drive?fnode=5f

Or for that matter, if you're looking for file backup, how 'bout a simple USB drive?

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HLNB2ZM/A/sandisk-128gb-ultra-dual-drive-usb-type-c?fnode=5f

Frugal Tom

 

[Gliderman8]

I still have to connect a device to my computer to back it up (hard drive or USB drive). As for formatting, I only have to do that once and it's done.
The hard drive I removed is plenty big for my applications (250 GB) so I'll probably keep it and reformat it. It doesn't appear that hard to accomplish.

 

[NutmegCT]

Walt - how old is that hard drive?

I wouldn't want to bet my backups on a drive which may have some grey hair.

Just sayin'

 

[DrEntropy]

BUT: If you are determined, get that UBCD .iso and make either a bootable thumb drive or CD, low-level format the drive and then introduce it to your Mac for formatting.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Tom, I'm not sure how old Elliot's HD is.

 

[NutmegCT]

Tom, I'm not sure how old Elliot's HD is.

Good grief. Another million of my brain cells down the tube. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[PC]

 

[Gliderman8]

The computer had a Vista operating system. I’m guessing it’s at least ten years old. The computer hasn’t been used in the last 4 or 5 years. The drive is in fine shape and I would have no problem using it.

 

[mikephillips]

So the lesson from the above video is, make sure you only need to shoot 9 hard drives at a time when destroying them...​

 

[Bayless]

Or get a bigger gun.

 

[GregW]

It would have been easier for him to number the drives before shooting them. Guess he'll have to do it again.

 

[GregW]

I've had 2 hard drives fail on me. Both were fairly new, as in less than a year and not running around the clock. Both were Seagates.

 

[NutmegCT]

If you look at that guy's YT videos, you see a man with a whole lot of time on his hands!

 

[JPSmit]

I've had 2 hard drives fail on me. Both were fairly new, as in less than a year and not running around the clock. Both were Seagates.

Interesting I have a Seagate NAS that works - then overheats and shuts down and then works again. annoying

 

[NutmegCT]

Interesting I have a Seagate NAS that works - then overheats and shuts down and then works again. annoying

JP - I think that drive is trying to tell you something. hint hint

 

[Gliderman8]

Interesting I have a Seagate NAS that works - then overheats and shuts down and then works again. annoying

Hmmmm..... I just read (yesterday) that there’s a vent hole on my Seagate 7200. The instructions say Do not cover this vent hole. Wondering if this could applicable to your Seagate?