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[b0redom]

Weirdly enough, I *have* actually done this. As long as you can find an identical drive you can swap over the PCBs and get access to the data. I had to do it a while back for a mate who's drive had gone bad with a bunch of important (to him) data which hadn't been backed up. So, basically WTFH said...

[b0redom]

Assuming it's commercial, rather than military, I'd just smash them with a hammer. When you can hear rattling inside the platters have broken. You'd have to be VERY dedicated to try and fix that.