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          "Robert B." <robertb@nerdulator.net> wrote:

> Hey guys I've got some sensitive files I need to get rid of before I give
> away an old HD.  There needs to be no recoverable data on the drive's
> "erased" parts,

Thermite. Melt the drive down into a lump of unrecognisable metally bits.
Ain't no-one recoverin' no data from THAT! :)

Later.
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