Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)?

[email protected] (Ant) Sun, 09 Apr 2023 07:11:07 +0000

Newsgroups	alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
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In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Ant <[email protected]> wrote:
> In alt.comp.periphs.hdd nospam <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, Ant
> > <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > > > Well, it is broken/dead then it might be worth to open to destroy its 
> > > > > disk platter datas. :P
> > > 
> > > > you said it was encrypted.
> > > 
> > > Yes, but extra to physically destroy it too. :)

> > smash it with a hammer.

> That's my plan for tomorrow.

With a help of my handy IT buddy, we confirm it is dead with adapters 
and cables even if the drive still spins. So, we're going to physically 
destroy it and buy a new one 
(https://www.costco.com/seagate-one-touch-5tb-portable-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services.product.100761181.html). 
:(
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