[Dr. Sivana]

That’s it. I’m going to get an old MFM hard drive and use SpinRite to perform a low level format. Let’s see . . . 330 MB times two per card time 4 slots, almost 2.5 GB.

Maybe I can run off of USB jump drives.

[AppyPappy]

I call BS. That would require a lot of user interaction.

[Still Thinking]

Why wouldn’t RE-reprogramming the firmware, followed by scrub and reinstall work?

[Springfield Reformer]

Ping for later

[Lx]

Back to this?

DEBUG >

g=c800:5 >

I wonder how long it would take on a 1TB drive?

I forgot to enter the bad sectors.

[Grampa Dave]

Well over a decade ago, a younger relative advised his family members to remove all hard disks from our old PC’s when we got rid of them.

Then, he told us to drill holes into the hard disks and soak them in a mix of salt water and bleach for a few days. Then throw them away.

At that time he warned us, the so called erase programs didn’t
Do the job.

[circlecity]

It’s beginning to look like I’m going to have to have two computers. One that’s not hooked up online for all my super critical stuff and the other online computer.

[rktman]

.357 mag JHP?

[bkopto]

The US Govt is behind all this BS. They are destroying the export markets for the US drive manufacturers. All in the name of “national security”. These machinations by the NSA are destroying this country.

I can hear it now: “We had to wreck the country in order to save it.”

Whoever made this decision should be hung.

[Dead Corpse]

If the firmware is re-writable, you should be able to re-flash it.

[lormand]

I’m guessing that degaussing and then reformatting will fix it.

[McGruff]

Before you disconnect yourself from the world check this map.

[ShadowAce]

[Yosemitest]

Mark Levin and FCC's Ajit Pai discuss FCC Internet Regulation Grab

Go sign the Petition:

Tell the FCC to stay away from the internet
by Glenn Monday, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:36 PM EST

This is critical! Your voice must be heard now in the loudest of voices.

The FCC is doing a power grab of the internet.

There are only a few days left to voice your opposition.

If you want a Department of the Internet and you think that will make independent voices stronger, stay silent.

Otherwise TELL CONGRESS AND THE FCC HANDS OFF THE INTERNET.

[Terry L Smith]

How far back does this discovery lead? Might it lead back, to the time of the immaculation of this Queer-In-Charge in 2009?

[GeronL]

they should find out who made this stuff and shoot them

[Prov1322]

I still laugh at this...

AMISH VIRUS:

Ye have just received the Amish Virus. Since we do not have electricity nor computers, ye are on the honor system. Please delete all of thine files.

Thank thee.

[gibsosa]

bump