Re: OT: Can Reformatting A Hard Drive To ext3 Destroy All the Data On It?

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 29 May 2009 16:57:09 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > Rick Stevens wrote:
> > > I generally take the drives out to the desert and use /sbin/detonate.
> > > As Jamie Hyneman once said on "Mythbusters"...
> > > When in doubt....C4!
> >
> > Can I come with the next time you take one out? They will not let me
> > play with C4 any more. :(
>
> Well, I'm not supposed to either, but "it's only illegal if you get
> caught!"

I have it on excellent authority that a .45 acp won't make a hole 
clear through a hard drive, but that a .30-06 will.