<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><a href="https://www.cobbcounty.org/keep-cobb-beautiful/recycling/recyclable-items">https://www.cobbcounty.org/keep-cobb-beautiful/recycling/recyclable-items</a><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Geoffrey Myers</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 24, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Derek Atkins via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>HI Alers!</span><br><span></span><br><span>I've got a pair of 5+yo HGST 4TB drives that I recently replaced due to</span><br><span>SMART errors (specifically Reallocated Sectors, unreadable (pending)</span><br><span>sectors, ATA error counts, etc). These drives were in my FreeNAS box, and</span><br><span>have both been replaced.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I have re-run badblocks on both drives, and most recently did a dd</span><br><span>/dev/zero, in order to "wipe" the drives of any data. I am now looking at</span><br><span>ways to dispose of the drives, as I don't think I can use them for</span><br><span>anything (but I'd be happy to learn otherwise).</span><br><span></span><br><span>Due to their age (over 45000 hours power-on, over 5 years since purchase)</span><br><span>they are most likely out of warranty. But I don't want to just toss them</span><br><span>in the trash if there is a more environmentally friendly way to dispose of</span><br><span>them.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I live in Sandy Springs, if that makes a difference.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Any suggestions?</span><br><span></span><br><span>-derek</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745</span><br><span> derek@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com</span><br><span> Computer and Internet Security Consultant</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ale mailing list</span><br><span>Ale@ale.org</span><br><span>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</span><br><span>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</span><br><span>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>