I've got about 50 CDRs of archived data that I'm consolidating onto an external HD. Any recommendations on destroying them beyond breaking them apart by hand?

8/26/2005 1:50:48 PM

Give'em to homeless people for warmth. They can put'em in a trashcan and lite them on fire. Very healthy

8/26/2005 1:52:10 PM

put them all in the microwave for about 5 seconds

all 50

8/26/2005 1:52:22 PM

tin snips

8/26/2005 1:54:38 PM

You kids didn't grow up on the farm. Place them atop a log and split them with one blow from an axe.

8/26/2005 1:57:51 PM

why not keep them as a backup?

8/26/2005 1:58:03 PM

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"put them all in the microwave for about 5 seconds "

8/26/2005 2:06:09 PM

dremmel shattering is the most fun way

8/26/2005 2:09:10 PM

get 50 CD stamps that say "Free Unlimited AOL Trial CD"

8/26/2005 2:11:42 PM

hahahaha

8/26/2005 2:15:19 PM

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"put them all in the microwave for about 5 seconds"

I did this to about 20 CDs at a time, and it was pretty cool. I couldn't imagine doing 50.

Instead of breaking them, just take a knife and put a couple of big scratches in them.

8/26/2005 2:15:21 PM

I agree with the microwave thing. But don't put them in there for a second longer or it will start to stink. If you don't know what happens when you microwave a CD, a visible "wave of electricity" passes over the surface (make sure that you put the data side of the CD facing up).

8/26/2005 2:18:56 PM

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"Smath74: why not keep them as a backup?"

It's getting a little cumbersome. I'm planning on putting them on the external HD and either mirroring it to another HD or making 1 set of DVD copies to get rotated every few months

8/26/2005 2:40:21 PM

wood chipper

8/26/2005 2:43:24 PM

8/26/2005 2:45:00 PM

Wraith: all in one stack, or spread out?

8/26/2005 3:01:48 PM

spread them out, it looks cooler

8/26/2005 3:05:24 PM

throw them in a box with a match

8/26/2005 3:06:02 PM

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" put them all in the microwave for about 5 seconds "

8/26/2005 3:23:29 PM

we just used the paper shredder at work.

it ate through cd-r's like they were butter and the shredder was a fat kid.

8/26/2005 3:28:51 PM

i'd definitely do the microwave thing... it looks cool as shit.

8/26/2005 3:51:36 PM

Launch them from a skeet shooter and have some target practice.

8/26/2005 4:13:46 PM

1) put on spindle
2) hit with sledgehammer
3)
4) profit

8/26/2005 4:18:26 PM

http://www.primera.com/ds360_disc_shredder.html

8/26/2005 4:43:43 PM

^^^ Done this... really fun

8/26/2005 4:47:56 PM

Lie them in a row on the train track that runs through campus

Place on a gravel surface and run them over with a car

Tie them together and shoot a whole through them all with a high caliber pistol or rifle


Come on man, be creative. If you come up with some crazy way to get rid of them, make sure to video tape it.

8/26/2005 5:13:35 PM

this thread is worthless without pics

8/26/2005 5:16:51 PM

Heat them up slowly and evenly and see if you can melt them into a ball of plastic goo and shape them into something cool.

8/26/2005 6:22:14 PM

M-80s + tape + CDs + Someone you dont like = Shrapnel Wounds

8/26/2005 7:39:10 PM

C'mon, this is too easy. Get 2 spindles. Fill each only halfway with CD's. Turn the spindle upside down and drill a pourable-sized hole anywhere in the bottom part. (Using a Dremel works best.) Fill each spindle with gasoline. Light the spindle. You can even dance around it if there's stuff on the CD's which you really despise.

OR, if you really want to be thorough, apply sticky CD labels to each CD. Marinade the labeled CD's in the gasoline for about an hour. Light and dance.

8/26/2005 8:03:18 PM

yeah, if you're interested in rendering them unreadable, the microwave idea is probably the surest and fastest.

8/26/2005 8:29:46 PM

8/26/2005 9:49:23 PM

^ haha, you need to take a movie as well

8/26/2005 11:55:35 PM

^ yeah 50 at once should look like a small apocalypse

8/27/2005 11:46:01 AM

use the tin-snips. works fine

8/27/2005 12:42:48 PM

no wait go with the microwave thing.
that sounds wisest by FAR

8/27/2005 12:43:18 PM

WINDEX.

It penetrates and obliterates the liquid crystal. I found this out trying to clean my CD's once.

8/27/2005 7:31:01 PM

windex doesn't look cool though

the microwave puts on a good show

8/27/2005 7:44:08 PM

thermite

8/27/2005 8:16:52 PM

ahahah thermite...gotta love the anarchist cookbook

8/27/2005 11:32:38 PM

thermite would be good for harddrive destruction.. bit much for cd destruction

8/28/2005 1:58:30 AM

i love thermite because once you actually have everything it is so easy to make and use

8/28/2005 2:01:30 AM

http://www.scehardt.com/videos/thermite.wmv

8/28/2005 10:22:28 AM

get on the beltline and chunk them out the window at about 85

8/28/2005 11:07:25 AM

DOD standard is to microwave and then grind/incinerate.

8/28/2005 7:59:15 PM

shotgun - skeet

8/28/2005 8:20:17 PM