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.
-----Messaggio originale----- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@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
