Is that the Striped RAID I keep hearing about?
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this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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Just spray some WD-40 in there, format it at half the capacity, and send it!
You got this π
Seagate: ...
Itβll go way faster than 5200 RPM if you do that
At least you know the data is wiped XD
The hard drive was just trying to turn itself into a much trendier vinyl record.
The bits just have that analogue warmth that you don't get with conventional drives
There's nothing funnier to me than the jargon you get from "audiophile" gear, especially when it comes to stuff in the digital domain. I've seen "audiophile" network switches.
Or fiber optic cables with gold plated connectors.
DJ Seagate
So that's what striping a drive does.
Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation
I had no idea hard disks came ribbed for her pleasure.
"you want me to do what to wipe that drive?!"
'tis but a scratch!
Donβt breathe this
Is that a Will It Blend reference?
Obviously, has to be.
Save the magnets, lol.
I've taken apart most of my failed drives over the years. For laser pointer projects that never come to fruition.
Gotta feed the fridge π
That mixtape had some really cool tracks.
Hm... To shreads you say.
Always nice to see what spinning rust looks like after I run shred -v -z /dev/sda. I bet that drive has lots of zeroes now.
Looks pretty, also you can play with magnets now!
Somebody tell Steve Gibson that we finally found something Spinrite won't handle.
Are you sure about that?
I've run Spinrite on a HDD that was literally shot with a shotgun.
I mean sure the drive crapped out halfway through the test, but shit, it was shot with a fucking shotgun!
That sound like something you should put on youtube or another streaming service.
That was ages ago, I wasn't thinking to try recording anything back then. It was some piece of shit desktop, I wanna say it had a 40GB hard drive.
Whoever tossed the system must have been attempting to wipe out their data in the most redneck way possible, shotgun.
They shot the side of the computer case, which partly protected the drive from the shotgun pellets, but it was still basically a direct hit to the HDD.
TL;DR - Sorry, no video βΉοΈ
Yeah. I suspect it would still recover some data. Steve is just a treasure to the tech world.
If I recall correctly, it made it up to about 43% through the scan and sector refresh, but after 43%, the drive totally failed βΉοΈ
It wasn't even an important system anyways, it was found in the trash or on the side of the road somewhere. Sorry, my late father had found it, so I can't exactly ask where it came from.
But it was a fun curious project, just to see what, if anything, might happen with a good ole Spinrite.
Shit, it was shot with a shotgun, not like I had high hopes ππ€£
That drive is cursed
At least it gave you warning. I woke up to the 4TB WD gold drive being a brick. Doesn't show up on Linux or MacOS. The electronics are dead. No SMART warnings. Nothing. Don't think I'm buying another of these things. And the price went up (of course).
That's actually good news compared to whatever the fuck happened to OP's drive. You might be able to swap the controller board and get it working again if you need the data off it or something.
Looks ... chippy.
"Spanabhebende Datenverarbeitung" in German.
Data mining the hard way.
It looks angry.