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| Answer» <html><body><p>Greetings Everyone,<br/><br/>I recently had a mechanical hard drive from another computer begin failing on me - lots of read errors, sometimes it doesn't come online, the usual. I was able to get a great deal of data off of it, so I'm safe there.<br/><br/>Now, I want to make sure the thing is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/erased-7679232" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ERASED">ERASED</a> so I can get rid of it, or at least erased as much as <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/possible-592355" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about POSSIBLE">POSSIBLE</a>. My computer has a SATA docking station in the case, so I figure this will be a great way to interface with the drive.<br/><br/>The problem is, right when I plug in it, Windows falls over its self loading the drive up, scanning it, open folders, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/etc-251218" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ETC">ETC</a>. My issue is that I don't want my computer touching the darned thing, because then if I try to get any program to interact with it - e.g, a drive erasing program, things start freezing up while Windows tries to figure out why the drive isn't responding (failing). Of course, if I try get several programs working away at it - the erasing program, windows explorer that opened automatically when it detected a new filesystem (which consequently freezes usually while it tries to read it), device manager while I try to disable the drive and get Windows to unfreeze again - I'll get a massive amount of notification sounds when I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/yank-748521" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about YANK">YANK</a> the drive as windows suddenly realizes that it's gone and can move on.<br/><br/>Sorry for the long winded post, everyone - my ultimate question is, how can I mount this drive in my machine such that Windows (and any other process) will ignore it, so I can set one program to work on it exclusively for erasing purposes?<br/><br/>Thanks!If the drive is that far gone, I don't think you need worry about any data that may have been on it before. If you are concerned, physically destroy the drive. (Wreck it with a hammer)<br/><br/>Quote</p><blockquote>(Wreck it with a hammer)</blockquote>Very big hammer.<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMGA2WwgN0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMGA2WwgN0</a><br/>R for rude language.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUGqV_B1SM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnUGqV_B1SM</a><br/>PG for poor use of hammer.<br/>I suppose most recycling centers will take them whether or not they're scrap I would imagine? Sounds like fun Quote from: tgp1994 on February 12, 2015, 08:55:56 AM<blockquote>I suppose most recycling centers will take them whether or not they're scrap I would imagine? Sounds like fun <br/></blockquote>Recycling centers sell them for scrap, then they get melted down & most of the raw materials are recovered.You can open up a hard drive and seriously harrass the platters with a chisel or screwdriver, snap the heads off, put it all back together and nobody can see the difference from the outside. That would cover the situation where a recycling center staff member grabs your drive to try it out at home. I knew a guy in one of those places and his house was full of old TVs and stuff like that.<br/>Maybe you need to replace new hard drive or you need a software that will fix all you error files.Quote from: halstead on February 12, 2015, 10:49:51 PM<blockquote>Maybe you need to replace new hard drive or you need a software that will fix all you error files.<br/></blockquote><br/>Please re-read the entire 1st Post...</body></html> | |