State Police searching Virginia Tech duck pond (hunt for Cho Seung Hui's missing hard drive)

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[TigerLikesRooster]

Cops searching for Cho's hard drive in the drained Duck Pond

[lilylangtree]

Whoa! Now that’s a dirty job.

[Pyro7480]

Where’s Mike Rowe when you need him? ;-)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Is the expense of this really necessary?

Is it that important to try and pinpoint to what level of homicidal nuttiness this loser descended?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

imagine what that grey crap is.....those two have GOT to be getting a premium to do that.....

[SevenofNine]

HEY Tiger did they find Looter guy missing stash of beer in that mud

[Republicus2001]

when they find the hard drive - what to do? is the disc disassembled cleaned and remounted on a new drive assembly? - hmmm...inquiring minds...

[AppyPappy]

Not just mud. Lots of ducks in that duck pond.

[Cyber Liberty]

The data is probably recoverable, but the lingering question is “Why?”

[Otaku6]

Why bother all Cho had to do was use a friggin magnet and all the investigators could do is cry.

How about having an after action review and say hey next time someone chains the doors shut we run a police cruiser through the doorways.

How about real training to confront gunmen instead of hiding behind trees and wandering around in mud.

[TC Rider]

LOL, that was my first thought when I saw that picture.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The data is probably recoverable, but the lingering question is “Why?”

I would suspect they're trying to rule out Cho having had any assistance in putting together his plan, or perhaps they already know or suspect he had help and are trying to ID the party.

[rabscuttle385]

I agree with other posters: the data is probably recoverable, but what’s the point?

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

IMO it’s important to know whether Cho was in contact with any individuals or groups relevant to what he did.

While, based on what we know so far, the answer is probably no, nevertheless given the magnitude of this mass murder it is important to definitively answer this question if possible.

[jaydubya2]

Maybe NBCs got it?

[Joe 6-pack]

I'm guessing NBC is the abettor.

[Republicus2001]

I guess I was wondering how to “peel off the pitted disc” and reapply to a new drum ....

[DemEater]

Maybe they will find the smoking gun that will tell them if he really did it.

[rabscuttle385]

I think they have to open the drive and clean off the discs. The folks at Drive Savers in California have a museum of disk-sasters in which they were able to recover data from hard drives, including one that was in a Powerbook at the bottom of a river for several days.