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
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