>> 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...

I don't have any way of heating the acid. Also, we have now run out of acid.

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

We have a 2 tonne liquid nitrogen tank. However, the nitrogen can only 
be withdrawn in gaseous form.

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