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  Re: Death of a harddrive  
From: Invisible
Date: 21 Aug 2012 08:32:59
Message: <50337ffb@news.povray.org>
On 21/08/2012 01:23 PM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> "Another one bit the dust", by Queen...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

> time to check if a fall from any
> height on a concrete surface would have exploded the drive. We want photo.

A solid lump of steel? Yeah, as if any gravitational impact will touch it.

> "It's a hard life" : after having been the cherished drive on which
> everyone relied, it is now persecuted.

Yeah. It's kind of sad, really.

> "Hammer to fall": at least, do you have some hammer ?

http://tinyurl.com/bnvgfmj

> If all else fail, you might get some expanding-foam (in can, urethane)
> injected inside the drive: this would preclude any easy restoration.

Yeah, I still think unscrewing the lid and shattering the platters is 
the simplest.


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