Re: DISK Sanitizer Help

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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