Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:36:00 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal? Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNgKoxpb-=p1gMDyZ5XMZEMfz3_1uqPGNz1FhKs_csYnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ZwfG1Q0Qtb6IkHCd@pureos> References: <5117.1728561469@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <ZwfG1Q0Qtb6IkHCd@pureos>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El día jueves, octubre 10, 2024 a las 04:57:49 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette > escribió: > > > I have a pretty ancient 4TB spinning rust drive (WD4001FAEX) that is > unambiguously at > > death's door: > > > > ... > > I used once an axe to destroy the (metal) case and slices and > then I throw it into the wastebin of my house which is emtied once a > week into a big truck and perhaps it content is put on fire. > > > Any suggestions? If worse comes to worse I guess I will end up writing > my own tiny > > little C program to just write 4KB blocks to a designated output file > while ignoring > > all output errors, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if somebody > else already > > created something I can use in this context. > > Overwriting the data will not help. The reading head(s) could be > adjusted and read the data on the side of the old track. > > matthias > I open the case, remove the platters and the magnets (for use elsewhere), and repurpose the casing! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM Matthias Apitz <<a href="mailto:guru@unixarea.de">guru@unixarea.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">El día jueves, octubre 10, 2024 a las 04:57:49 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette escribió:<br> <br> > I have a pretty ancient 4TB spinning rust drive (WD4001FAEX) that is unambiguously at<br> > death's door:<br> > <br> > ...<br> <br> I used once an axe to destroy the (metal) case and slices and<br> then I throw it into the wastebin of my house which is emtied once a<br> week into a big truck and perhaps it content is put on fire.<br> <br> > Any suggestions? If worse comes to worse I guess I will end up writing my own tiny<br> > little C program to just write 4KB blocks to a designated output file while ignoring<br> > all output errors, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if somebody else already<br> > created something I can use in this context.<br> <br> Overwriting the data will not help. The reading head(s) could be<br> adjusted and read the data on the side of the old track.<br> <br> matthias<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I open the case, remove the platters and the magnets (for use elsewhere), and repurpose the casing! </div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223</div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> In </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.</span><br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">", </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">egrep -v '^$|^.*#' </span><span style="background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:"Lucida Console",Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:13.6px">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div>;
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