On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:24:58 -0400
Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>    To focus more tightly, now that I have some idea of the 
> alternatives, the specific problem is one 80GB IDE from my business 
> computer that is gave ever increasing read errors.  Since I have to pay 
> for the destruction, I would like it to be inexpensive.   And, it is 
> summertime and tedious mechanical projects are less appealing than 
> enjoying the weather.

Take it apart, shear the platters with some tin snips. The cost of the
data recovery would be much higher than the value of the information
unless you have some very valuable trade secrets on it. 

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Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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