R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

[Mazzini Alessandro]

Well, but with dban and/or other certified software the drives are as well as new. The only issue would be the time/cost to sanitize them in house.

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Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Per conto di Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Inviato: lunedì 26 marzo 2018 20:18
A: Guy N. via cctalk
Oggetto: Re: PATA hard disks, anyone?

On 03/25/2018 07:32 PM, Guy N. via cctalk wrote:
> The new sysadmin at work is clearing out closets full of junk^H^H^H^H 
> cool old stuff accumulated by the previous sysadmin.  There's a big 
> carton full of PATA hard disks.  Most of them are in the 4.3 GB - 20 
> GB range, a few larger, a few smaller.
> 
> Anyone have any use for these?  You can have them for the cost of 
> shipping, or free for local pickup in Bothell, WA.  They're going to 
> be recycled as scrap if I don't find a home for them.

I'm surprised that your sysadmin is allowing this to happen.  Many large outfits have a policy of sending any hard disk, regardless of content to the industrial shredders.

--Chuck