Can a hard drive be totally destroyed?

[Kyajae]

This is an amusing little piece from the BBC.
http://tinyurl.com/25ss3w

If he'd have immersed the drive in a strong caustic soda solution, he'd have saved himself a lot of effort.

[Troll]

thought if you heated to above the Currie point then that would destroy all data

[scooterscot]

I keep my dodgy DVD's in the microwave with a stick between the front door and the start button. Any unexpected visitors and 2 seconds later there wasted. It's the only way to be sure.

[Sockpuppet]

Yes they can. I did some work at a place where hard drives from classified comms kits are destoryed. You aint getting no data from those drives.

[angusglover]

To be really securfe, you could send me a copy of your dodgy DVD's and I will store them for ya...lol