Again, aim for the spot marked by the red X, and optionally the green stars for a more complete job. Ideally, you want to put a nail through the platters of the drive, going all the way through (it's actually not as hard as it sounds). Eye protection - you've only got a maximum of two to start with, so it's silly to take chances!.A block of wood - so you don't nail the drive to your floor (it's preferable to do this outside if you can).Thick gloves - because you're going to be hammering that nail through the drive using the hammer, and hammers seem to be inexplicably attracted to thumbs.A thick nail - a 6-inch nail will do fine.A hammer - I use my trusty 32oz 'fine adjustment' hammer.You can also connect the eraser to a computer to quickly access the drive that's attached to port-1 on the eraser. The hard drive eraser is easy-to-use, thanks to its convenient menu navigation system, with push-button operation and a built-in LCD that clearly identifies the erase modes and task status. Out of the box, the four-bay unit is capable of dealing with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA drives (both SSDs and HDDs) and the hard drive eraser also works with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch IDE hard drives, mSATA drives, and SATA M.2 drives using a compatible adapter. Also supports 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch IDE hard drives, mSATA drives, and SATA M.2 drives using a compatible adapter.The built-in nine-pin serial port enables you to print erase logs using a receipt printer.Easy operation with LCD and push-button navigation.Support for Secure Erase and Enhanced Secure Erase for SSDs.Nine erase modes including: Quick and Secure Erase, Single Pass Overwrite, and Multi-pass Overwrites - meets DoD (5220.22-M) standards.Secure, standalone drive erasing for up to four 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA SSD/HDD drives.The StarTech four-bay drive eraser is packed with the following features:

If you have a lot of drives to erase, then you might want to go for a tool that can erase multiple drives simultaneously, such as the StarTech four-bay drive eraser.

Clearing a hard drive