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

From	ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject	Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)?
Newsgroups	alt.comp.periphs.hdd, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
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Date	2023-04-09 07:11 +0000

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In alt.comp.periphs.hdd Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
> In alt.comp.periphs.hdd nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <_gWdnYI4VvMNsbL5nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> > <ant@zimage.comANT> 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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Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2023-04-05 22:01 +0000
  Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 19:52 -0500
    Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2023-04-06 00:56 +0000
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    Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2023-04-05 22:33 -0400
      Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2023-04-09 07:10 +0000
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        Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2023-04-06 04:32 +0000
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                Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2023-04-09 07:11 +0000
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