Physical Destruction
You can physically destroy the drive by smashing or burning it, or you can give it to hard drive recyclers that have a certification that they will not view the data inside.
- Shredding
- Incineration
- Pulverization
- Crushing
- Chemical decomposition
- Pulping
- Degaussing
Low-Level Format/Zero-Fill Destruction
Low level formatting is filling all data with zero, effectively erasing all data. It includes: