Posted on 01/31/2006 3:10:34 PM PST by Lokibob
Best way to clean a hard drive is with a 5 lb sledgehammer.
Would a bonfire work?
ping
Yeah, but after the sledgehammer reformat you don't get as much on eBay for it.
My old hard drives are removed from the machine prior to disposal of the machine. The drive is then burned in a fire.
Then it goes into the trash after I have smashed it with a sledge hammer.
Agreed. Although you might want to use an overwrite program first.
That's a long way from "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme." Is he the short one or the one with the kinky hair?
Hmmmm... that just gave me a brain storm to unload a bunch of paperweight old scsi drives.
"Used drives from credit card validation and processing server. Drives have been pulled without being wiped."
LOL!
Simson Garfinkel, computer geek.
Ya' just know the other kids made fun of him. ;-)
Stick a big speaker magnet to it.
I was thinking the same thing--I used to work in the drive biz and have a lot of old "paperweights" sitting in boxes.
A company donated some computers to an old folks center.
The hard drive were erased on all of the working computers.
On the two that had problems (power supplies) the hard drives were not erased. Both had full info on their customers.
Instead of calling the company to ask what to do with their data, I did a low level format of the drives.
FYI...tech ping.
Are people really that dumb?
Why would anybody sell a used hard drive? And (aside from criminals) why would anybody buy one?
Use SpinRite to recover data off the drives you buy :)
Use Gateways GWSCAN.exe to write zeroes to a drive before you either sell or format it.
I don't understand the market for used hard drives, at least not for consumer-level machines. Most consumer-level hard drives have a finite useful lifetime, and newer hard drives keep getting bigger and bigger. Why would anyone (other than someone hoping for some illicit data) be willing to pay enough for a year-old hard drive to make it worth selling?
The very next day he sent an e-mail complaining about two "defects" and then says it will cost $80 to fix it (he only paid $118 for the camera -- dirt cheap), but it was a minor problem so he would settle for a $40 refund. After e-mail discussion, he now will settle for $30 (ha ha) as he found the point focus magnetic contact button and installed it himself. I've suggested he leave feedback for me first and then I'll send the "funds" but he is demanding the funds be sent first....Mexican standoff. How is it that these guys are so hard core?
I believe I'll just take my negative (only my second one) and let it go having learned a hard lesson. This fellow is Chinese and I knew better than to trust him. I am deeply disappointed in the lack of character of some people I have to deal with these days. Any suggestions? It would be nice to have a little help from a Freeper in Atlanta.
Hard to find new ata 66 scsi drives for new from dealers; I got one off ebay not long ago for a few bucks, was in perfect condition.
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