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SuperMoosie

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When Fujitsu had HDD issues around 2000, and a lot were returned under warranty, they had a guy sitting in the parking lot hitting them with a hammer and throwing them in a big skip bin.

Sure, the circuit board were cracked, but they could be changed quickly. The data on the platters was still intact.

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Biggles

@SuperMoosie @nixCraft when I hit them with a hammer the platters shattered...

SuperMoosie

@Taco_lad
I think the novelty of smashing them hard enough to damage platters wore off after the first 100 or so.
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Biggles

@SuperMoosie @nixCraft quitter 😜
I used a cold chisel in a block of wood as a jig and smashed maybe 200 one day

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