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OWC TB External HD Failing w/ a TM Backup - Can the data be salvaged?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1804460" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>I personally think it's safe to get rid of it just about anywhere you want. It might be recoverable, but it would be very expensive to do so and given that it would be in a pile of drives similarly disposed, it's unlikely anybody would single it out for that expensive treatment. </p><p></p><p>or, now that I think of it, just open the case and let air into it. That would render it unusable as the heads are so close to the disk that normal air pollutant molecules cannot fit between them and the disk, so simply opening the case will render the drive unreadable. If you are really paranoid, bend the read/write head just a bit with a screwdriver. It's all up to your personal level of paranoia. </p><p></p><p>Or, just take a sledgehammer to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1804460, member: 396914"] I personally think it's safe to get rid of it just about anywhere you want. It might be recoverable, but it would be very expensive to do so and given that it would be in a pile of drives similarly disposed, it's unlikely anybody would single it out for that expensive treatment. or, now that I think of it, just open the case and let air into it. That would render it unusable as the heads are so close to the disk that normal air pollutant molecules cannot fit between them and the disk, so simply opening the case will render the drive unreadable. If you are really paranoid, bend the read/write head just a bit with a screwdriver. It's all up to your personal level of paranoia. Or, just take a sledgehammer to it. [/QUOTE]
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