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I think that incinerating the disk should erase the data. Magnetic material become normal materials after some temperature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie_temperature . Usually it is no more than 1000 C/ 1800 F, so a good fire should be enough.

Warning: I don't know if the fumes are toxic.



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