> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > [...] > >> Alternatively, the answer on another techie mailing list I'm on is that >> you could disassemble the disks and use thermite. > > Just a hammer, no need to disassemble the case. > I dunno, a buddy who was in army intel back in the early eighties told me, about 10 years ago, that they could flatten out the platters and read some data. Thermite not only melts the platters, but will hit the Curie point. mark "and make nice flames and melting metal"