At 20:11 -0500 on 15/08/02, Allen Davis wrote:

>The listing I posted above just scratches the surface. I used to be
>FANATICAL about buying Mac books. I've tapered off quite a bit in the

If you still have most of those, Bill Brown and I might have a proposal for
you.  Contact me offlist if you wanna hear it.

>I'm scared of simply "whacking" a hard disk. Something ingrained from
>the early '80s about not exposing them to violence I suppose.

You can't do any damage to the drive with your hand without severely hurting
yourself, which is probably why people suggest holding the drive firmly in your
hand instead of putting it in a bench vise and whacking it with a hammer ;)

As long as you don't drop it on the floor - and most drives will survive that
fine too - you're probably fine :)
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