Still OT: Destroying CDs/DVDs

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting wdg3rd (Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:00:10 +0000):

> I've made the test at work.  A standard business class shredder (not the
> little five-sheets-max personal machines from Staples) will chew a CD-R
> into bits.  Probably voids the warranty, but the one at work is ten
> years past warranty (and when we were moving out the old copier I found
> a sealed bottle of shredder lubricant that's apparently as old as the
> machine).

Being 10 years old is probably why it works fine on shredding CDs.  I
would venture a guess that the "modern" shredder would choke after only
a few CDs were put in it.  (Assuming it were to survive the first one,
that is.)  Of course, the "business class" shredders may still be okay
today.

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