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I typed it into YouTube and every result (of the first dozen or so) is years old, including the most recent video citing an example where it's impossible. http

I typed it into YouTube and every result (of the first dozen or so) is years old, including the most recent video citing an example where it's impossible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bml8ovt4nfI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bml8ovt4nfI

Godel_unicode 6y ago
From 2020 (it's about drive savers): https://youtu.be/v0QkafslnrM https://youtu.be/v0QkafslnrM https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/devices-supported/ https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/d...
- Judgmentality 6y ago
  I wonder if they can recover the HD the other video says is impossible.
  - gruez 6y ago
    If you actually watched the video that you've linked, you'll see that the platters in the drive has shattered. That's completely different from your initial claim of "You can’t transplant a (unshattered] platter into another reader"
    - Judgmentality 6y ago
      ...in that case, can't you just shatter an HD platter to make it unrecoverable? If the goal is to prevent discovery, that seems pretty trivial. It's really unclear to me whether or not HDs are recoverable from the comments I'm seeing, and honestly I don't care that much so I'm going to stop commenting.
      - gruez 6y ago
        > ...in that case, can't you just shatter an HD platter to make it unrecoverable? If the goal is to prevent discovery, that seems pretty trivial. ...only if the platters are glass. Many (most?) are made of metal. >It's really unclear to me whether or not HDs are recoverable from the comments I'm seeing, and honestly I don't care that much so I'm going to stop commenting. The same video also mentions him being able to salvage a hard drive that was in a multi-vehicle accident, because the platters haven't been shattered.
        Judgmentality 6y ago
        Well there you go. Buy an HD with a glass platter, shatter it, and now nobody can recover your data. Security secured. I was thinking of this from the forensics standpoint initially of erasing data from an HD (however many comments up it was about hiding data). I don't really care about the particulars of the method. If there's an easy way to store data and secure it, it sounds like it's impossible for that data to be recovered.

Godel_unicode 6y ago

From 2020 (it's about drive savers): https://youtu.be/v0QkafslnrM https://youtu.be/v0QkafslnrM https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/devices-supported/ https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/d...

Judgmentality 6y ago
I wonder if they can recover the HD the other video says is impossible.
- gruez 6y ago
  If you actually watched the video that you've linked, you'll see that the platters in the drive has shattered. That's completely different from your initial claim of "You can’t transplant a (unshattered] platter into another reader"
  - Judgmentality 6y ago
    ...in that case, can't you just shatter an HD platter to make it unrecoverable? If the goal is to prevent discovery, that seems pretty trivial. It's really unclear to me whether or not HDs are recoverable from the comments I'm seeing, and honestly I don't care that much so I'm going to stop commenting.
    - gruez 6y ago
      > ...in that case, can't you just shatter an HD platter to make it unrecoverable? If the goal is to prevent discovery, that seems pretty trivial. ...only if the platters are glass. Many (most?) are made of metal. >It's really unclear to me whether or not HDs are recoverable from the comments I'm seeing, and honestly I don't care that much so I'm going to stop commenting. The same video also mentions him being able to salvage a hard drive that was in a multi-vehicle accident, because the platters haven't been shattered.
      - Judgmentality 6y ago
        Well there you go. Buy an HD with a glass platter, shatter it, and now nobody can recover your data. Security secured. I was thinking of this from the forensics standpoint initially of erasing data from an HD (however many comments up it was about hiding data). I don't really care about the particulars of the method. If there's an easy way to store data and secure it, it sounds like it's impossible for that data to be recovered.