Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal?

In message <4592b3d058a5c2c2c5acf752706ade1e4e1ed7ca.camel@riseup.net>, 
Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 15:36 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>in terms of sustainability and children's education, this is my
>favourite piece of advice.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Drn6rgxsm5oA
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNXD9gDCw7uU

I wish that I understood German.

>Someone might have the skills to extract data even after the plates have
>been shredded and fused into a lump.
>
>Maybe it is best to sherd the plates, mix the fragments and shoot one
>half into the sun with a rocket and the other half onto Venus.

Thank you.  I will be contacting Elon Musk to see if I can arrange
interplanetary passage for my platters.

>How paranoid were you when the drive was still in use? Was the computer
>hidden deep in a secret vault in a bunker in a mountain?

Yes!  How did you know?  Has someone leaked photographs of my secret
mountain lair??

>If you are not too paranoid, consider to dismantle the drive and dispose
>a part of it in an environmentally friendly way, while placing the
>damaged plates in public waste bins in various places.

Thank you.  That shall be done also.