DVD Destruction

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  1. m_kitchen

    m_kitchen Member

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    I have been wondering if there is a way to safely remove the data from a DVD completely. Is there software that will allow you to destroy all the data on a DVD? I know there are shredders etc. that will destroy the DVD physically. I just want to know if there is software that will wipe the information off of the DVD completely. This may be overkill, but I was just curious.
     
    m_kitchen, Jun 17, 2009
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    no for dvdr & maybe for dvdrw
     
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    Yeah, kinda what I was thinking too. I thought Nero or something had an "Erase Disc" option, I can't remember.
     
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    that is for rw disks whether cd or dvd.
     
    ddp, Jun 18, 2009
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    Ah, that explains it. Thanks
     
    m_kitchen, Jun 18, 2009
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    just take a knife and make a nice deep cut from the center to the outer edge. that will pretty much render the data non retrieveable
     
    djscoop, Jun 18, 2009
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    Better still don't visit those sites anymore & if you do, use a live cd,vpc or sandbox instead :p
     
    scorpNZ, Jun 18, 2009
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    microwave.
     
    aldan, Jun 18, 2009
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    Microwave? Wouldn't that melt the plastic causing a huge mess? Sparks? Fire? Nuclear holocaust?
     
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    the coating on the disk might fry your microwave oven.
     
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    microwave = bad idea I'll stick to breaking discs.
     
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    Diesel fuel and matches.
     
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  13. m_kitchen

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    plus this:
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    that is a bomb suit, you need a fire proof suit like they use at airports for crashed airliners.
     
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    Yeah your right, I was thinking about the explosion from the tank of gasoline.
     
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    Kaboom!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha!!!!! ,Haa!!!!!! HAA!!!!!!!!!!- Other tahn Flames or Nuking ? { Mr. Microwave ???} You could just Soak 'em in any strong solvent Like Gasoline , Paint thinner ????? Maybe ???? Basically anythinh that says do not use on Plastic should work? Along with say some strong Acid { Battery Kind -Not The Trippy Kind } Ideally If you wanna be 1000% sure of your destroyed data security You could try a multi-step approach ! Encrypt the data going on the disc !, then Nuke , Shred , or Dissolve the Disc away with solvent or Acid and then Burn the residue - Or Barring that load them all in the trunk of a junked Car at the Junkyard and send it to the Crusheror Car Shredder and from there hence to the blast furnace - Mu-Ha-Ha-Ha !!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    i prefer a 1 kiloton nuke for that.
     
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    Yeah, a nuke works nicely....and you have that lovely afterglow effect!!

    Of course, there are the plastic explosives, of the C-4/semtex varieties that also tend to do a very good job.
     
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    A little overkill maybe Like in the Tremors Movie ????? - Of course if your of a sporting persuasion you could use them as Clay Pidgeons /for skeet shooting !!!!! Pull Blam !!!!!!!!!, Pull Blam !!!!! -but whatever gets the job done Right !!!!!
     
    BIGTOXY69, Jun 26, 2009
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    right.
     
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