One-off CD destruction

tavernman

GunJack wrote: »

pair of big scissors and cut into 4, easy and quite satisfying

Yeah Gunny , RSI appears after about 5% of the 300+ CDs and the scissors are blunt after 7.333%
I would use them as tiles in the downstairs bog

alanrowell

Drill with a wire brush attachment

spannerzone

Leave them in the sun for a few mins, that seems to ruin home made CD's - at least the ones you want to keep

I scratch a few lines across the top surface with a stanley knife... that does the job. Note the top surface is what needs damaging, where the actual material that stores the data is, not the underside which is just acrylic plastic.

abibee

What I did to get rid of old cd's... put the cd in a carrier bag (to catch splinters that may fly off) and snap and/or bend the disc. A cd that's been bent in half isn't going to play.

paddyrg

googler wrote: »

Unless anyone wishes to correct me, no drive will be able to read the disc without the TOC.

For practical purposes, you're correct. For the truly paranoid, the recoverable bit pattens might still give away information, but practically speaking, no.

GunJack

tavernman wrote: »

Yeah Gunny , RSI appears after about 5% of the 300+ CDs and the scissors are blunt after 7.333%
I would use them as tiles in the downstairs bog

:rotfl: wimp!!! in that case use spring-loaded secateurs

poppellerant

I'd imagine a garden incinerator would be your best bet. Plenty of paper shreddings and lighter fluid should give things a helpng hand.

kwikbreaks

paddyrg wrote: »

For the truly paranoid, the recoverable bit pattens might still give away information

I read/heard/made up/ that those cunning Chinese counterfeiters can actually mill off the plastic from ROMS and copy the firmware on them bit by bit by examining them with a microscope.

spud17

kwikbreaks wrote: »

I read/heard/made up/ that those cunning Chinese counterfeiters can actually mill off the plastic from ROMS and copy the firmware on them bit by bit by examining them with a microscope.

Not quite true.
They only do this when they have finished retrieving data from the pile of hard drives that have been wiped with DBan, using the obligatory electron microscope.

DigForVictory

Arrange in rows of 5, held with sellotape.
Layer up to 50 disks in a rubblesack, taped shut (let air out).
Put that in another rubblesack, tape it closed (again, let air out!)
Position along drive or rarely used stretch of road/car park.
Drive over rubblesacks until texture when kicked indicates disks unlikely to be anything more than a hazard to other road users.
(For added personal satisfaction, apply a hammer to any larger bits, but yet further rubblesack containment, gloves & goggles might not be a bad idea.)
Take to tip.

If tip too far away, gaffertape disks in 25 disk high 'cakes'.
Grip one third of the cake in a clamp & drill through the cake - especially around the central hole.
Bin the drilled 'cakes'. (Nonrecylable waste, I'd say.)
Hoover up any bits/dust/shards Thoroughly as a chunk of CD in the foot doesn't half hurt.

Try not to leave any bits & other than that enjoy yourself!