What to do with old HDDs?

[Willie Trombone]

I had some 64GB sd cards which I wanted to get rid of. I decided not to drill into them, instead leaving them in my Philips airfryer for 12 mins at 180c worked !!

That would have desoldered the mem chips nicely.

 

[Willie Trombone]

I'm easy. As long as the wife is happy, I have internet and know where to buy food I can adapt to any place.

+1 on happy wife.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

I'm easy. As long as the wife is happy, I have internet and know where to buy food I can adapt to any place.

You can stay with Papa Smurf..

 

[Hamster]

You can stay with Papa Smurf..

OK I take that back, almost any place

 

[Icemanbrfc]

OK I take that back, almost any place

 

[Archer]

Dijkland... I'm getting myself wooden shoes and a bicycle first thing.

Technically I'm not allowed into the country yet but that doesn't stop my wife from selling everything, so I just go with it: here I am, destroying hard drives.

Give us already integrated locals a shout if you need anything

 

[Willie Trombone]

he's too lazy to even do that

I would just dump them in a river somewhere

I can see the headlines. "Two teens become instant billionaires after dredging up ancient 120Gb hard drives from local dam with dogecoin wallet worth $2.5 billion. 64 whole dogecoin in the wallet."

 

[Willie Trombone]

Give us already integrated locals a shout if you need anything

He thought he was getting away from us

 

[Hamster]

Give us already integrated locals a shout if you need anything

Will do. Reckon the biggest issue once I'm there will be getting a BSN while under 20 day quarantine.

And then it's the banks. ABN AMRO looks like it will suit all my needs long term and apparently you can open a bank account without a BSN. Not the biggest issue, biggest issue is what do you do with your cash you do not want to invest since savings accounts give you 0%.

And then what do you do with your phone: do you activate roaming or just not use it until you can get a new sim.

But we'll figure it out

 

[ponder]

Sold the drill :/

Hammer & a punch/screwdriver.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Hammer & a punch/screwdriver.

Hammer full stop
Brick
Bathroom tap

 

[D tj]

A bit hesitant to suggest after a formite's response on another thread, but cut apart with a baby grinder.

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Keep the magnets, it can scare uninformed.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Just drop it onto a hard floor from about desk height.

I mean, that's always enough to completely shatter platters on any HDD that you do NOT want to damage....

 

[Ziadhorat]

Just drop it onto a hard floor from about desk height.

I mean, that's always enough to completely shatter platters on any HDD that you do NOT want to damage....

Except I can almost guarantee, that when you want it to work it won't.

 

[MavChat]

I removed the platters from my old drives and drilles a hole in it and hung them around my garden as well as at the area where the dogs food bowls are.

Keeps the flying rats (doves) away from the dog food and other birds from the fruit trees.

 

[Dairyfarmer]

I removed the platters from my old drives and drilles a hole in it and hung them around my garden as well as at the area where the dogs food bowls are.

Keeps the flying rats (doves) away from the dog food and other birds from the fruit trees.

Platters also make good coasters.

 

[MavChat]

Platters also make good coasters.

Too slippery....

 

[Dairyfarmer]

Too slippery....

Not at all surprisingly.

 

[WesleyDB]

Take out the magnets from them, and make cool things with it