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Old January 5th 15, 06:34 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Default How to force copy retries until finally copied all due toa dying old HDD in Linux?

On 1/4/2015 7:06 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

Ah. I should open it up after I am done with it. Will I see able to
see it?


Yeah, I'd certainly have a look if it was mine.

or is very tiny like microscopic sized?


Nar, you should see gouged up full circles
on the media, where the head has crashed.

Might not tho if the head has just failed
electrically tho and can't read very well
anymore, but if that was the case you
wouldn’t see all the bads grouped together
as you do see in your previous much bigger
post of the error detail.


Since I am going to toss it soon, I wonder if I can still Dban it to
erase all my data. Or is opening the HDD up enough to cause massive
damages?
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