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