Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm going to guess that your secrets are safe, Jim. :-) On 9/7/06 2:59 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > Good idea for a new sport (replacing tree chopping :-) > > > > Op 7-sep-06, om 18:53 heeft Jim Nichols het volgende geschreven: > >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information