Re: DISK Sanitizer Help

Totally agree with Rob here. Resellers will not pay you a dime for these. I have stacks of them in the FrankenLab.

Here is the 10 second "Sanitize" for these drives:

1) Place on firm surface "silver side up" (We use the top of a 5094 or S/34 :-) )
2) Identify the center of the hub. This can easily be seen as the top cover usually has a curve matching the platters and a screw dead center.
3) Lift 2lb Hammer above drive.
4) "Strike Firmly" at the hub.
5) Confirm data destruction by shaking the drive. It should make a
satisfying tinkly noise.
6) Next please.

Quick, easy, permanent.

Now find someone to recycle the aluminum, brass, and gold from the drives

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/22/2013 3:47 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

2.5TB/132 drives tells me you're running 17GB drives. You might be able
to trade those in for a case of Coca Cola. But I'd have to think their
resale value is extremely low. True, 6.1 and 7.1 both support a 17GB load
source unit, but I'm not sure what hardware does.
Here's a site that lists them for sale at $45/each.
http://corptechs.com/9406431810k17gbdisk.aspx
Of course, a reseller is going to give you much less.

They're not only small but they're only 10K drives. The newer 15K drives
put them to shame. You can have a LOT less disk arms with the newer
drives and still get better performance.

I couldn't use them in any of my machines.


Rob Berendt