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| awemawson:
Back end of last year I had a disc fail on my main desk top - it just went slower and slower - presumably doing loads of re-reads to get the data off. I managed to get a back up off it - it took 7.5 hours for what would usually take 45 minutes :bugeye:) So I installed a replacement, recovered from the back up, and put the faulty one in the safe just in case something hadn't worked properly. Well it's been stable on the new disc, so the time came to destroy the old disc to make sure the data didn't get into the wrong hands. Not that there's much confidential stuff on it, but lots of accounts, family pictures - the usual stuff that accumulates. Normally I'd wipe the data using software then pull the platters and bend them. Couldn't wipe it due to the fault so I thought that a bit of out of the box thinking was called for. Roll out the ubiquitous Cold Saw and cut it in half. No doubt hitting it with a sledge hammer would have worked - but I didn't After that I was happy to put it in the bin. No doubt the FBI could get something off it but I doubt that they'd bother :lol: It says 'Warranty void if label removed' - well the label is still there, do you think I could claim :clap: |
| Chuck in E. TN:
Now strip the steel and plastic bits off the pieces and melt the frame into ingots! I have recycled over a hundred hard drives for the aluminum cases and magnets. Chuck |
| RotarySMP:
The frames of hard drives are really nice castings. They make nice raw material for the home foundry. Regards, Mark |
| Arbalist:
I've seen a few Hard drive platters used for a Sterling engine builds, shame to waste them. |
| awemawson:
Pay the postage and I'll give you quite a few to pull apart :lol: |
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