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I have one I got at Target that has a disk slot. It actually does shred the disk completely. I was about $40 US. -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Miriam Meislik Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:44 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] destruction of CDs I have a paper shredder with a disk slot. All it does is make an all over patterned imprint across the disk. It is totally unreadable. The shredder was about $50 or so at the office supply store. Miriam Mike Richter wrote: > Trey Bunn wrote: > >> This may be an odd question considering that it's pretty much the >> opposite of what most of us normally do, but I was wondering if >> anyone had any tips on how to destroy a CD-R. > > >> Any thoughts? And no, before anyone thinks I have a CD full of super >> secret scary government files or something, don't worry. > > > Scribe radially through the acrylic lacquer on top of the disc. One or > two slashes that disturb the metallic layer will be quite enough. > Forensic experts might be able to piece the fragments of sectors > together again, but ordinary tools will not suffice. The directory > (innermost written area) will not make sense to any standard player so > even the filenames will be lost. > > Breaking the disc is both difficult and dangerous. Microwaving is > spectacular but slow and potentially harmful both in its effect and to > the maser. I'm told that there are heavy-duty paper shredders which > can handle CDs, but an Xacto knife used as above suffices for me. > > Mike Miriam Meislik Media Curator Archives of Industrial Society University of Pittsburgh 7500 Thomas Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)244-7075 voice (412)244-7077 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/archives.html http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/index.html When your mouth drops open, click the shutter. --Harold Feinstein, November 11, 2001