Anyone who's ever suffered the pain and anguish of a complete hard drive failure knows about the importance of making backups. Nowadays, you can easily have your entire "life" (digital that is - photos, movies, finances, diary...) on your hard drive. There is almost nothing easier, faster, and cheaper than burning backup CDs and DVDs. The big question is... do you save (possibly) hundreds of CDs and DVDs or do you start getting rid of the older ones? How do you safely dispose of them and protect your privacy at the same time?
Sure you can try to encrypt and password protect them but it's a hassle and it can make recovery harder. I've tried to cut-up, crush, and mangle old CDs and DVDs by hand and I can tell you that it's a real pain. I've even cut myself after a session of enthusiastically breaking DVDs with my bare hands.
Enter the Royal Media Destroyer - MD100.
It turns a DVD, CD, or Floppy Disk into a mangled mess. I bought mine at jr.com through Amazon but it doesn't seem to be in stock right now.
