Back in the day I worked for some folks who were pretty up tight about their data.

99 times out of 100 they just took a dewalt drill to them.
That's about foolproof

The only thing that passed muster with them for re-using a drive was Dereks boot and Nuke
https://dban.org/

Though not 100% guaranteed it works in the practical world, especially if you're trying to keep stuff out of the landfill.

While those PG drives are relatively small, and spinning (vice ssd) they are not without use to some folks.

Perhaps We could send all our old ones back to PG music for Re-use?. I must have a half dozen of them.
Some might even pay the postage. Or perhaps Pg might pony up the postage.

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