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Man uses overturned lawn mower to dispose of old floppy disks

By Ben Hooper
This is one way to get rid of unwanted floppy disks. Screenshot: Will it Mow?/YouTube
This is one way to get rid of unwanted floppy disks. Screenshot: Will it Mow?/YouTube

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A YouTuber shared video of his novel way of erasing his embarrassing old computer files -- dumping floppy disks into an overturned lawn mower's blades.

The video, posted to YouTube by user Will it Mow?, begins with a man explaining that he wants to get rid of his old floppy disks.

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"I've got a lot of private data on these old disks," the man says. "I better get rid of them to make sure no one sees what I do on my computer."

The man uses four Chronos high speed cameras to record as he sets off the mechanism that dumps the disks one at a time into the lawn mower's blades.

The video offers multiple views and speeds of the disk destruction.

It soon becomes clear why the man wanted the disks destroyed -- they bear labels including "Windows 7 disc 1 of 2794," "Porn.jpg," and "Furry_Porn.gif."

The YouTuber reveals at the end of the video "why no one is allowed in the room" -- a piece of floppy disk was launched by the mower at a speed fast enough to embed it in a wooden board.

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