[PLUG] Recommended method for destroying a failed SSD

Ken Stephens kennethgstephens at gmail.com
Thu May 20 20:28:38 UTC 2021


Vat of salt water?

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 1:22 PM Jason Barnett <jason.barnett71 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just pry the controller chip off of the PCBA. Maybe not good enough for Top
> Secret documents, but will keep any scavenger from getting the data.
>
> - Sent from my pocket computing telecommunications device.  All typos and
> poor communications will be blamed on the autocarrot function of said
> device.
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2021, 1:15 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
>
> > We have an SSD that BIOS no longer sees. It is being replace under
> > warranty. What is the recommended method for destroying the contents of
> > said drive? In the past, I have drilled holes in failed hard drives. Is
> > this still a good approach for SSDs?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dick Steffens
> >
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