Apparently, some coatings on some platters may be somewhat not very good for humans. Carcinogens and such. Exercise caution and don’t lick the platters.
Source: Verbal warnings from my local hard drive aficionados, with like half a century of combined experience herding large flocks of hard drives. Don’t cite me, just don’t lick your platters. Remember to wash your hands after you’ve done the deed and finished screwing.
Papa always told me to drill holes in my hard drives to “get rid of the evidence”. Didn’t you all get “the talk”, too?
Drilling, hammering, or throwing them hard on the ground until the platters shatter.
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Re: HDD Fidget Toys
Apparently, some coatings on some platters may be somewhat not very good for humans. Carcinogens and such. Exercise caution and don’t lick the platters.
Source: Verbal warnings from my local hard drive aficionados, with like half a century of combined experience herding large flocks of hard drives. Don’t cite me, just don’t lick your platters. Remember to wash your hands after you’ve done the deed and finished screwing.
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Thermite is supposed to work too for extreme cases.
So close 🤏
Edit: lol! I, too, was so close. I fixed a misspelling-- spaltter to splatter.