Ot: Hard drive Factoid

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On Sun, Dec 01, 2019 at 09:19:51PM +0000, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> Just took apart 2 hard drives, A 20GB Fujitsu drive made in 1999 and a 20Gb Seagate with a date code of 0205.
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> 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.
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> The Seagate drive had its cover taped on using metallic tape while the Fujitsu screwed on the cove using Philips head screws.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
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