Bad external drive, salvaging data?

In news:487b5b60$0$7341$607ed4bc@cv.net,
Tony Harding typed on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:56:47 -0400:
> Ben Myers wrote:
>> In other words, you can't win no matter how you play the game... Ben
>
> If you remember Wargames, "the only way to win is not to play".

Hahaha Tony! Good point.

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Bill
Asus EEE PC 4GB SSD 2GB SODIMM 16GB SDHC
Windows XP Home SP2 - 10400mAh

In news:vrb2745aj9nthveig14vpku3tlus9qefoe@4ax.com,
RnR typed on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:02:25 -0500:
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:56:54 -0400, Ben Myers
> <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Well, then, disassemble the drive, remove the platters and smash
>> them to bits with a sledge hammer. It all depends on how paranoid
>> one can be. With the Department of Homeland Security on the loose,
>> one cannot be too paranoid... Ben Myers
>
> Agreed and you can get some "good" magnets out of them. Let me give
> credit to another poster here about a year ago for learning this.

Magnets? What on earth are magnetics used in hard drives for? I could see
the motor using them. But I can't see anything else using them.

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Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: BillW50 [mailto:BillW50@aol.kom]
> Posted At: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:57 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Bad external drive, salvaging data?
> Subject: Re: Bad external drive, salvaging data?
>
> In news:vrb2745aj9nthveig14vpku3tlus9qefoe@4ax.com,
> RnR typed on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:02:25 -0500:
> > On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:56:54 -0400, Ben Myers
> > <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Well, then, disassemble the drive, remove the platters and smash
> >> them to bits with a sledge hammer. It all depends on how paranoid
> >> one can be. With the Department of Homeland Security on the
loose,
> >> one cannot be too paranoid... Ben Myers
> >
> > Agreed and you can get some "good" magnets out of them. Let me
give
> > credit to another poster here about a year ago for learning this.
>
> Magnets? What on earth are magnetics used in hard drives for? I could
> see
> the motor using them. But I can't see anything else using them.
>
> --
> Bill

I have to assume you're joking?