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m_kitchen
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_ 		17. June 2009 @ 22:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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.
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ddp
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_ 		17. June 2009 @ 23:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no for dvdr & maybe for dvdrw
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m_kitchen
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_ 		17. June 2009 @ 23:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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ddp
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 00:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
that is for rw disks whether cd or dvd.
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m_kitchen
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 00:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ah, that explains it. Thanks
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djscoop
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 02:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 03:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Better still don't visit those sites anymore & if you do, use a live cd,vpc or sandbox instead :P
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aldan
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 18:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
microwave.
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m_kitchen
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 20:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Microwave? Wouldn't that melt the plastic causing a huge mess? Sparks? Fire? Nuclear holocaust?
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ddp
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 20:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the coating on the disk might fry your microwave oven.
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m_kitchen
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 21:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
microwave = bad idea I'll stick to breaking discs.
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rtm27
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 00:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Diesel fuel and matches.
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m_kitchen
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 01:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
plus this:

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ddp
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 16:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
that is a bomb suit, you need a fire proof suit like they use at airports for crashed airliners.
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m_kitchen
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 16:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah your right, I was thinking about the explosion from the tank of gasoline.
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BIGTOXY69
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_ 		21. June 2009 @ 09:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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ddp
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_ 		21. June 2009 @ 13:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i prefer a 1 kiloton nuke for that.
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rtm27
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_ 		22. June 2009 @ 03:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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BIGTOXY69
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_ 		26. June 2009 @ 13:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 !!!!!
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ddp
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_ 		26. June 2009 @ 13:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
right.
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