Re: [tlug] Dealing with a possibly busted external HD

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Claus,


On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Claus Aranha <caranha@example.com> wrote:
> * This was a backup disk, and I still have the data, so I don't need
> to recover anything. But I'd like to clean it up before throwing it
> away to make sure someone more hardware savvy than me cannot recover
> anything. Any suggestions?


I think this was here in Hong Kong, but some government-run
organization was accepting hard disks for recycling (with the aim of
removing electronic wastes from the landfill).  And part of what they
did was erase the hard disk with a magnet in front of me.  (Of course,
if you don't trust what they were doing...i.e., was that magnet really
on :-)...then that's another issue.)

Perhaps a Japanese organization offer a similar service?

Ray