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I've always found driving a nail through the casing to be secure ;)
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I've always found driving a nail through the casing to be secure ;)

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I like using a hammer. The round end of a large Ball-Peen works great. With the added benefit of being fun. &nbsp;: )
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I like using a hammer. The round end of a large Ball-Peen works great. With the added benefit of being fun.  : )

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if you want to use software, Dban is recommended : &nbsp;<a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net/" rel="ugc">http://dban.sourceforge.net/</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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if you want to use software, Dban is recommended :  http://dban.sourceforge.net/ [http://dban.sourceforge.net/]      

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Do not put circuit boards in the trash, return them for recycling under the WEEE directive.
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Do not put circuit boards in the trash, return them for recycling under the WEEE directive.

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Thanks for your help on this one. &nbsp;Just want to make sure i am doing right by the customers.
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Thanks for your help on this one.  Just want to make sure i am doing right by the customers.

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I have a client that that has sensitive data on their hard drives and wants them totally erased. &nbsp;We use active eraser software to erase the hard drives that actually work. &nbsp;we run into hard drives that dont work sometimes and i suggested drilling about six holes in each one and pulling off any circuit boards and pitching them in the trash. &nbsp;Is this an acceptable way to destroy them or should i do more to them so that data cant be read? &nbsp;The hard drives are out of pc's and servers and are SCSI IDE and SATA
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I have a client that that has sensitive data on their hard drives and wants them totally erased.  We use active eraser software to erase the hard drives that actually work.  we run into hard drives that dont work sometimes and i suggested drilling about six holes in each one and pulling off any circuit boards and pitching them in the trash.  Is this an acceptable way to destroy them or should i do more to them so that data cant be read?  The hard drives are out of pc's and servers and are SCSI IDE and SATA

Old Hard Drive Erasing

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.

Hardware

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.