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What Are The Chances Of Finding A Hard Drive Thrown Away 7 years Ago?

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  • Mickey666
    Mickey666 Posts: 2,834 Forumite
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    es5595 said:
    I read the story earlier and it made me smile! I can’t help think he’s got a very low chance of finding it, and it then being in a usable state! 
    I'd give it more chance of having recoverable data than being found in the first place.
    Hard drives can be surprisingly robust, so be very careful when throwing out any old hard drives that might contain sensitive data:
     https://www.ontrack.com/en-gb/blog/how-kroll-ontrack-recovered-data-from-the-columbia-space-shuttle-disaster
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  • ChilliBob
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    I just read this too, along with the bloke who has two attempts left before his hard drive wipes it's self :0 eek. You really dont want fat finger syndrome there :0
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