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Have you tried turning it off and on again? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The proper method for destruction is to wipe the drives, then shred them.

Yes for spinny drives.

For SSDs, when you delete something TRIM + physics ensures it's really really gone all the time

Please stop shredding SSDs that can go on to a 2nd life...

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Indeed. I was only speaking to HDDs considering OP's image meme.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I figured, but I wanted to point it out because I'm so tired of seeing good SSDs get shredded or otherwise destroyed for "security".

Shredding was already a bit overkill for HDDs that were able to be properly wiped but at least there were some possible fringe cases. There's really no excuse for SSDs though