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9/19/2011 7:49:24 AM EDT
Doing my fall cleaning.  Have almost a hundred computer diskettes I want to get rid of, as I haven't used one in years (!), and neither my desk top or my lap top have a port for them.  

Some might have sensitive info, otherwise I would drop them all off at Goodwill. Because of the sensitive info, I don't want to pitch them in the trash.

I don't think smashing them would be sufficient.

Anybody know who in town would have a de-gausser?   Or am I stuck with going to the public library, hoping they have a computer that takes diskettes, and reformatting each one, one by one?
9/19/2011 7:51:12 AM EDT
[#1]
9/19/2011 7:51:31 AM EDT
[#2]
Reformatting them isn't completely effective.  Lacking a degausser - break them open and slice-up the actual magnetic section.  Or burn them.
9/19/2011 7:52:54 AM EDT
[#3]
Put them through a decent shredder.  Those 5.25" floppies are not that tough.
9/19/2011 7:53:19 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
Reformatting them isn't completely effective.  Lacking a degausser - break them open and slice-up the actual magnetic section.  Or burn them.


+1.

or sent to someone you trust that has a floppy drive that can wipe them.
But realistically, I'd just destroy them. Burn/shred/etc.
9/19/2011 7:54:54 AM EDT
[#5]
How big a magnet would be required to de-gauss them?

Also, where could I find a degausser?  Who would have one that I could borrow for a few minutes?

They are not the 5.5 inch floppies, they are the smaller, more rigid diskettes.
9/19/2011 7:56:40 AM EDT
[#6]
shoot them.
9/19/2011 8:04:38 AM EDT
[#7]
drop them all in a bucket of salt water for a few days.
 



anything else is more trouble and mess than it's worth.
9/19/2011 8:06:46 AM EDT
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9/19/2011 8:10:34 AM EDT
[#9]
Disks make wonderful shotgun practice targets!
9/19/2011 8:12:28 AM EDT
[#10]
Mircowave
9/19/2011 8:17:00 AM EDT
[#11]
burn them.  when they melt together to form a big ball of plastic then shoot them.  don't forget to recycle whatever is left over.
9/19/2011 8:23:54 AM EDT
[#12]

or
9/19/2011 8:24:27 AM EDT
[#13]
9/19/2011 8:26:41 AM EDT
[#14]
"Pull!"
Boom!
9/19/2011 8:40:14 AM EDT
[#15]
This is one time where "kill it with fire" isn't a joke.  Just burn them.


Vulcan94
9/19/2011 8:40:42 AM EDT
[#16]
Tinsnips...
9/19/2011 8:40:54 AM EDT
[#17]
9/19/2011 8:57:42 AM EDT
[#18]
My shredder eats anything......
9/19/2011 9:01:28 AM EDT
[#19]
I busted them open and shredded.
9/19/2011 9:06:48 AM EDT
[#20]
Quoted:
shoot them.


This is my SOP for any and all useless shit I find around my house while cleaning.

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9/19/2011 9:13:05 AM EDT
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Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
9/19/2011 9:20:24 AM EDT
[#22]
burn them.