Wiping a hard drive with a .45-70

[David LaPell]

Decided I needed to wipe my hard drive from my old computer, so I did it in style, with a .45-70 off hand at 40 yards. Who needs anti virus software?

 

[DeathGrip]

Nice! Does it work on Vista?

 

[Racegunner]

I've had a few Western Digital drives that were just itchin' to be fixed up with a .45-70 !!!

 

[Andy Taylor]

Appears to be pretty effective. I am sure that it would work on Vista.

 

[VAdoublegunner]

I downloaded 45-70 1.0 to run it but it was infected with Shoulder Smash 2.2 virus. Perhaps I'll run it through the auxiliary Contender Defender 12.0. Hope it is incompatible with Vista, in a good way.

 

[Ron H.]

Originally posted by VAdoublegunner:
I downloaded 45-70 1.0 to run it but it was infected with Shoulder Smash 2.2 virus. Perhaps I'll run it through the auxiliary Contender Defender 12.0. Hope it is incompatible with Vista, in a good way.

Sir, .45 Colt also works well, and without the shoulder smash.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

 

[duckloads]

This is funny. I've been planning a similiar end to a couple of drives using my 460 XVR.

 

[Catshooter]

I doubt that the FBI's best efforts couldn't recover the data that was there. Good job.


Cat

 

[Spotteddog]

Sure you used enough gun?

 

[zercool]

Word to the wise: a .22LR will not consistently penetrate a standard hard drive.

I obviously needed a bigger gun.

 

[Jack Flash]

You need to get some bulletproof software!

 

[Landpimp]

done the same, but I use HK 91.0 to wipe them clean(well ya cant even find em when I am done)