From nobody Fri Oct 11 00:52:11 2024 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XPp4F02sPz5YwP8 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:52:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XPp4D1WC0z43MT for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:52:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of rfg@tristatelogic.com designates 69.62.255.118 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=rfg@tristatelogic.com; dmarc=none Received: by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix, from userid 1237) id 840374E690; Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:52:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal? In-Reply-To: <4592b3d058a5c2c2c5acf752706ade1e4e1ed7ca.camel@riseup.net> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <9624.1728607931.1@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:52:11 -0700 Message-ID: <9625.1728607931@segfault.tristatelogic.com> X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.09 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.992]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14051, ipnet:69.62.128.0/17, country:US]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROMTLD(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[tristatelogic.com]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4XPp4D1WC0z43MT X-Spamd-Bar: -- In message <4592b3d058a5c2c2c5acf752706ade1e4e1ed7ca.camel@riseup.net>, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 15:36 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >in terms of sustainability and children's education, this is my >favourite piece of advice. > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Drn6rgxsm5oA >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNXD9gDCw7uU I wish that I understood German. >Someone might have the skills to extract data even after the plates have >been shredded and fused into a lump. > >Maybe it is best to sherd the plates, mix the fragments and shoot one >half into the sun with a rocket and the other half onto Venus. Thank you. I will be contacting Elon Musk to see if I can arrange interplanetary passage for my platters. >How paranoid were you when the drive was still in use? Was the computer >hidden deep in a secret vault in a bunker in a mountain? Yes! How did you know? Has someone leaked photographs of my secret mountain lair?? >If you are not too paranoid, consider to dismantle the drive and dispose >a part of it in an environmentally friendly way, while placing the >damaged plates in public waste bins in various places. Thank you. That shall be done also.