Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is the only way to get satisfaction. At 12:53 PM 9/7/2006, you wrote: >Several days ago there was a thread about cleaning a hard drive before >releasing it to salvage. I decided to "clean" a failed Western Digital >Caviar drive because Dell is conducting a one-time pick-up of all brands >of computer hardware in Nashville on Saturday. I tried the 8-pound hammer >approach and was amazed at the toughness of the metal top. Because I did >not have a Torx driver small enough to open the case, I hammered it until >it split, then put in a vise and used some other tools to distort the disk >itself. See the results below. > >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hard+Drive.jpg.html > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049