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To be honest, it seems like a bit of overkill to pay $20 and ship a HDD to a 3rd party to have it destroyed. Wiping it in software, running it through a strong electromagnet and drilling a few holes in the platters or just beating the crap out of the drive is perfectly ok for destroying the data unless you're some top-secret government agency or whatever

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Thanks for the comment.

Yup, you can definitely destroy a hard drive (or almost anything, for that matter) yourself. This is just a guaranteed, safe and secure way to get it done for you.

Also, we recycle all of the parts, nothing ends up in a landfill. Hard drives can be pretty toxic.

Cheers!

This is not for you. This is for a business that would rather flip for the $10-$30 per drive. There are A LOT of businesses that would rather just pay someone to handle this.

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