secure erase drive errors

[Tim]

On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 11:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> I will try to 'entertain' and 'educate' myself by surgically
> dismantling the beast. In fact I would also like to give the ROMs to a
> friend (HW and FW engineer) who has equipment to read the ROMs, and
> disassemble the contents. 

Actually, that reminds me.  Years ago, on another mailing list, there
was a request for PCBs for a specific drive, to try and resurrect data
from a dead drive (presuming that the electronics was the failure
point).  So, if a board can be unscrewed and unplugged, it may be useful
to someone, later on.

> The kaspersky revelation that the HD roms contain malware was a very
> interesting article.

Hmm, this intrigues me.  Do tell.

I seem to recall reading about some spy agencies getting stuff in to
bypass personal security, if that's what you mean.

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