On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 11:58 AM Erik P. Olsen <epodata@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2021-03-15 at 12:26:49 Tom Horsley wrote: > > > I always take apart old dead disks to retrieve the magnets > > Maybe I should. The disk contains 8 months of backups that I can't get at and has to be > demolished anyhow - or else my sledgehammer will do it :-) > I would take it out of the usb case. It is always possible that something is wrong with the usb hw and/or power supply and that it might work directly connected. The torx/screwdriver tool to disassemble it is $10 or so, and usually has small allen, standard, and phillips bits also. And once disassembled destroying the platters is easy. And the magnets as Tom says have all sorts of uses, they are really strong magnets. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
