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    Ahh the lovely sound of a clicking Disk. . .

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    • art_of_shredA
      art_of_shred
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      I'd leave out the bit about the woofer... that's extraneous information.

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      • coliverC
        coliver
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        New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

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        • MattSpellerM
          MattSpeller @coliver
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          @coliver said:

          New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

          "Oh problem_user could you please stand against this big metal pole? Perfect... Now catch this!"

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          • coliverC
            coliver @MattSpeller
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            @MattSpeller said:

            @coliver said:

            New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

            "Oh problem_user could you please stand against this big metal pole? Perfect... Now catch this!"

            Not as satisfying as the customer service bat... but much easier.

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            • art_of_shredA
              art_of_shred @MattSpeller
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              @MattSpeller I'm not sure that was the intended use for the large magnet, but I like how you think. Real problem-solving skills.

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              • art_of_shredA
                art_of_shred @coliver
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                @coliver New?

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                • MattSpellerM
                  MattSpeller @art_of_shred
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                  @art_of_shred said:

                  Real life-problem solving skills.

                  FTFY

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates @coliver
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                    @coliver said:

                    New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

                    I think we should call that the Heisenberg wipe.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @stacksofplates
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                      @johnhooks said:

                      @coliver said:

                      New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

                      I think we should call that the Heisenberg wipe.

                      We can't know the value and the location of the bit at the same time?

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller @coliver
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                        @coliver said:

                        @johnhooks said:

                        @coliver said:

                        New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

                        I think we should call that the Heisenberg wipe.

                        We can't know the value and the location of the bit at the same time?

                        lol I was thinking of another heisenberg...

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @MattSpeller
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                          @MattSpeller said:

                          @coliver said:

                          @johnhooks said:

                          @coliver said:

                          New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

                          I think we should call that the Heisenberg wipe.

                          We can't know the value and the location of the bit at the same time?

                          lol I was thinking of another heisenberg...

                          Ah, that makes sense.

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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates @MattSpeller
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                            @MattSpeller said:

                            @coliver said:

                            @johnhooks said:

                            @coliver said:

                            New rule of IT? There are no problems that can't be solved with a sufficiently large magnet?

                            I think we should call that the Heisenberg wipe.

                            We can't know the value and the location of the bit at the same time?

                            lol I was thinking of another heisenberg...

                            That's what I was thinking too haha. From the episode where they put that gigantic electromagnet in the van to wipe the drive in the police station.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender
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                                If you are actually looking for a hail mary fix.. SpinRite might fix it..
                                sadly GRC.com has been getting DDOSed so you might not be able to buy a copy to try it.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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                                  @Dashrender Yeah I doubt the data is that worthwhile...

                                  We're probably just going to let the disk burn out and see what happens.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 said:

                                    @Dashrender Yeah I doubt the data is that worthwhile...

                                    We're probably just going to let the disk burn out and see what happens.

                                    $80? Ok.
                                    If it's not worth $80, then why do they even have it?

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                                    • dafyreD
                                      dafyre @stacksofplates
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                                      @johnhooks said:

                                      @art_of_shred said:

                                      Sounds like that would take care of both issues.

                                      1. no more clicking
                                      2. no need to mess with the old hard drive (data mysteriously vanished)

                                      I call it a win!

                                      I don't know what happened, I stuck the hard drive behind my 12" woofer so it was out of the way and I don't see any data at all.

                                      We actually had a similar problem back when Pops and I were running a computer stores. One of our remote offices an hour away would come up to get computers that our main office had loaded and made ready for the sales floor.

                                      They would get them to their destination, and the all kinds of oddball crap was going on. Turns out, the speakers in the back of their van were um.... not stock, and were causing the problems, lol.

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