Le 21/08/2012 11:02, Invisible a écrit :
> On 17/08/2012 03:25 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> It will be interesting to see if there's anything left by Monday. My
>> college thinks it will have been reduced to sludge by then. I suspect
>> it'll still be in once piece, just slightly corroded around the outside.
> 
> Well, the results are in:
> 
> The drive is now somewhat corroded, and most of the paint is missing.
> The circuit board probably won't work again. But other than that, the
> drive is more or less completely unharmed. Apparently soaking it in a
> vat of acid for 4 days is /not/ sufficient to dissolve the entire thing
> down to the platters. :-P

I told you: boiling hydrochloric acid. No fancy mix, just plain Hcl,
enough HCl.

Now, rinse it, dry it and to the boiler...

Or if you have some liquid nitrogen and a hammer... it can be fun too.

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