15 Mar
2021
15 Mar
'21
12:56 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 11:58 AM Erik P. Olsen epodata@gmail.com wrote:
On 2021-03-15 at 12:26:49 Tom Horsley wrote:
I always take apart old dead disks to retrieve the magnets
Maybe I should. The disk contains 8 months of backups that I can't get at and has to be demolished anyhow - or else my sledgehammer will do it :-)
I would take it out of the usb case. It is always possible that something is wrong with the usb hw and/or power supply and that it might work directly connected.
The torx/screwdriver tool to disassemble it is $10 or so, and usually has small allen, standard, and phillips bits also. And once disassembled destroying the platters is easy.
And the magnets as Tom says have all sorts of uses, they are really strong magnets.