[dundee] Looking for Hard Disks

[Robert Ladyman]

Felix,

Due to, er, apple-poisoning, I cannot quite recall the end result: do you 
still want me to bring along discs to the Makerspace? If so, can you give me 
the postcode / address for it and what evening/day other than Wednesday) ?

RJL

> It should be as many different manufacturers and models as possible.
> Preferably more recent ones but also older models because they tend to
> not be as highly integrated as current PCBs.
>
> There are two parts of my project that specifically require hard disks:
> * First is to analyse the components on the PCB.
> Which will not be destructive.
> * Second is to try and run own code, which will probably not allow
> further use as a data storage.
> So it starts from taking a picture of either side and goes up to
> complete disassembly.
>
> According to the Internet disks from Western Digital tend to be hackable.
>
> If you have any spare hard disks or want to know more detailed what I am
> planing to do, I'll be at the MakerSpace meeting today and always
> reachable via email.
>
>
> Cheers
> Felix
>
> On 18.07.2014 09:05, Robert Ladyman wrote:
> > How many are you looking for? ATAs do you?
> >
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >> I am looking for used hard disks (even broken ones).
> >>
> >> My Msc project is investigating hard drive security. If you have any
> >> old, unused or broken hard disks lying around that you don't need any
> >> more let me know.
> >>
> >> They might get damaged during my investigation, I am not interested in
> >> any data stored on them, I don't have any special machinery to do
> >> advanced data recovery and you can get them back afterwards, so don't
> >> worry. If you still feel uncomfortable you can keep the body and give me
> >> only the PCB and information from bottom label.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Felix
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> PS:
> >> Don't be afraid, I am an ETHICAL hacker :-D
> >>
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