> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5- > cent.us > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 3:35 PM > To: CentOS <centos at centos.org> > Subject: [CentOS] OT: hardware: sanitizing a dead SSD? > > Anyone have any clues about how to sanitize a dead SSD? We haven't had it > yet, but we're sure it's coming. Esp. since I'm a federal contractor, a > dead disk gets deGaussed, but what the hell do you do with a SSD? A five pound ball-peen hammer. Or if you're feeling adventurous, a few seconds in a microwave oven, but set it up outside, so as not to set off the smoke alarms. A drive grinding machine would do, but those are less fun for just a single drive. -- Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.