24 Mar
2023
24 Mar
'23
12:42 p.m.
On 3/24/23 12:17, geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
> Well the data are still there and could be retrieved with a
> sophisticated servo on data system and/or a probe head on the data
> surfaces.
> Simpler to hit the spindle motor top dead center with a very large
> hammer ruining the bearings and crashing a few heads in the process.
> Even then the data are still there so nothing beats a multi-pass full
> disk wipe
Tossing one into a burning slash pile works well, also. Melts that
Zamac, it does. Don't ask me how I know.
--Chuck