Comment on How to "Reformat" a Hardrive the American way

terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• comador@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is also the officially supported US Government way. Not lying. I worked for a VAR with NASA and DHS contracts. Bad hard drives were bashed with a sledge like this before the top plate was sent to the manufacturer for RMA.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Muat be great stress relieve for the folks that do it as a side gig.

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    • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It really, really is. Like that scene from Office Space.

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I am a huge fan of that hammer

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  • jmiller@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It looks cool, but that is a horrible handle. You want it to be wood or plastic so it dampens vibrations as much as it can, and smooth so one hand can slide down the handle from near the head to your other hand at the end as you swing. A couple minutes breaking up concrete with that and your hands would be numb, tingly, and probably bloody. Gloves would help, but using this will always suck.

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    • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gloves, yes. But everything else actually isn’t an issue. The mass involved here dampens better than when it still had the wood handle.

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