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drilling holes in hard drives - special - 05-02-2025
remember those days?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtPQeAOaNi4
Now drill NAND
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - JoeM - 05-02-2025
Rather than drilling to prevent data access, I always found a hammer to be a quicker and more enjoyable solution.
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - jdc - 05-02-2025
no. whenever someone said "i drilled a hole in my HD"...
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - Tiangou - 05-03-2025
Did destroy the data!
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - datbeme - 05-03-2025
I just drilled a HDD a few days ago. Funny thing is it was an ATA from a 1st gen G4 Tower, so even I don't have an adapter that would read it. I'm pretty sure it was wiped long ago, but I drilled it just in case.
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - NewtonMP2100 - 05-03-2025
....Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.....
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - jdc - 05-03-2025
datbeme wrote:
I just drilled a HDD a few days ago. Funny thing is it was an ATA from a 1st gen G4 Tower, so even I don't have an adapter that would read it. I'm pretty sure it was wiped long ago, but I drilled it just in case.
Ill bite. Just in case... what? Exactly?
Someone broke in, found it, and had the tools and the desire to crack a 30 year old Mac drive in hopes of finding...?
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - Speedy - 05-03-2025
jdc wrote:
[quote=datbeme]
I just drilled a HDD a few days ago. Funny thing is it was an ATA from a 1st gen G4 Tower, so even I don't have an adapter that would read it. I'm pretty sure it was wiped long ago, but I drilled it just in case.
Ill bite. Just in case... what? Exactly?
Someone broke in, found it, and had the tools and the desire to crack a 30 year old Mac drive in hopes of finding...?
Home made porn? But if you’ve seen datbeme in the buff…
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - special - 05-03-2025
jdc wrote:
[quote=datbeme]
I just drilled a HDD a few days ago. Funny thing is it was an ATA from a 1st gen G4 Tower, so even I don't have an adapter that would read it. I'm pretty sure it was wiped long ago, but I drilled it just in case.
Ill bite. Just in case... what? Exactly?
Someone broke in, found it, and had the tools and the desire to crack a 30 year old Mac drive in hopes of finding...?
tax records, SSN
Re: drilling holes in hard drives - rz - 05-03-2025
You can always just unscrew them, then play with the shiny platters. I have one sitting on a thumb tack on my desk that I use as a mirror.