secure erase drive errors

[Tim]

Tim:
>> I've pulled drives apart before, but that's a lot effort (tiny odd
>> screws, sometimes seriously jammed into place), then bent the disc
>> platters to buggery.
>> 
>> While seriously annoying and time-consuming to do, it was also quite
>> satisfying to mangle the bugger to death.

Fred Smith:
> Probably cathartic, too! :) 

;-)

Many years ago, any time my young nephew visited, I let him loose on
mangling a hard drive.  It took him quite some time to get one apart,
but he did it with great gusto and destructiveness.  And it kept from
doing other mischief, instead.

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