Wiping data from a hard drive. - DIDN'T WORK

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 14:18 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 26/08/2010 16:07, Basil Chupin wrote:
> > On 26/08/2010 05:52, Ric Moore wrote:
> >    
> >> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 23:20 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >>
> >>      
> >>>    have HDs now in their 8th or so year of usage (Quantums, Maxtors) but
> >>> these new drives now predominantly made in China are just ****.
> >>>
> >>> I would like to also thank everyone who responded to my post - Thanks guys!
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> I remember reading, back when, that you could put a harddrive into a
> >> freezer overnight and that it would run, for a bit, the next day. Dunno
> >> if that works. I think you should go for Brigitte Nelson. You'll
> >> probably have more luck. :) Ric
> >>
> >>      
> > Someone else has also mentioned it - and it immediately brought to mind
> > this phenomenon which a tech, who serviced HDs, told me about years ago.
> > So, the HD is now sitting in the freezer compartment till tomorrow
> > morning. Here's hoping.......
> >    
> 
> Well that didn't work :-) . This was the first lesson.
> 
> The second lesson is to wear gloves when handling the metal of the HD- 
> the thing was so cold my fingers hurt for 15 minutes afterwards! :-D
> 
> (I'm going to drill out the bolts, use Ezy-out to get them out, take out 
> the magnets, and hang the platters over the cars in the car port to stop 
> the bleeding bird (Magpie Lark) from flying over them and pooping on 
> them! So, the HD will still be of some use even after death :-) .)

Now we all know.. who says this list is dead?? I've got one drive that
goes knock-knock-knock as soon as I boot with it plugged in. I blew it
up diddling with the hdparms. Maybe it's for the best, nothing but pics
of old GF on it, who's long gone and re-married. <evil cackles> Ric


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