I have a few HDs with bullet holes in them, and the platters are still intact. I've messed around with a lot of drives and never shattered a disk like glass.

I have a few HDs with bullet holes in them, and the platters are still intact. I've messed around with a lot of drives and never shattered a disk like glass. I've heard that there's labs that specialize in reading disks without even needing to spin them, but information seems to be tightly guarded about the processes.