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Re: [tlug] Favorite Linux laptops these days?



Hello Ralph,

2012/4/30 Raedwolf Summoner <rarooam@example.com>:
> Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com> wrote:
>> In case it is not too much, I am interested in the HDDs, even if they
>> are wiped. Or if they are working, I can wipe them if required.
>>
>> Building a digital forensic lab and teaching people, I always need old
>> mostly working HDDs.
>
> Is it just the laptop HDDs you need, Kalin, or are you looking for old
> 5.25" and 3.5" (IDE) HDDs and even SCSI HDDs? I may have a few
> laying around that were working last time I had them hooked up.
> Of course, that has been a while.
>
Well, most anything is OK, as long as it is working or is old enough
for a display.

I won't try to run 5.25" disk these days, but it may be good to show
the newbies and keep as a collectible (wife not being notified for yet
another junk in my drawers). I used (my father's) 10MB 5.25"
full-height MFM HDD some ... 25 (?) years ago and after accidentally
formatting it, had to learn from Peter Norton's book "Inside the PC"
about FAT16 and using Disk Editor and Norton Disk Doctor had to
recover it in some 48 hours... now I am "stuck" with forensics and
data recovery, LoL.

Cheers,
Kalin.


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