Ot: Hard drive Factoid

[Richard Kreiss]

Just took apart 2 hard drives, A 20GB Fujitsu drive made in 1999 and a 20Gb Seagate with a date code of 0205.

The difference were very apparent, The Fujitsu had 2 platters and use Philips head screws  while the Seagate had 1 platter and use Torx screws.  Also, the Fujitsu used 6 Torx screws to hold the platters in place while the Seagate used 3 Torx screws.

The Seagate drive had its cover taped on using metallic tape while the Fujitsu screwed on the cove using Philips head screws.

I haver been taking drive apart for some years now to remove their platters and destroy them.  IO have noticed a change in the construction and number of platters necessary to increase the capacity of the drives.

It will be interesting to see how one will insure the destruction of information on SSD drives and memory sticks.  Yes, one can use a bulk eraser to erase a drive making it unreadable.  My preference is total destruction of the magnetic media, thereby insuring that the data can't be read from the drive.

Yes, many people and businesses are now storing their data in the "cloud",  As far as I am concerned, they have no control of this data as it is in the hands of a corporation whose business model is gathering information from what they have on their systems and then selling it.  This is why when one does a search using a "free" search engine, ads popup first before one gets to the thing one has been looking for.  I search for items for my clients knowing that in doing so, my browser will display ads weeks after I have finished my research.  I know that I can set up an anonymous browser experience but I have not found time to do so.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting


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