Let me expand that a bit. I already caution users against selling used hard drives. For me data was never the top issue. Anyone can download a fee drive blanket and run a 10-pass blank. Even better. In the process of testing the drive; since it’s already connected simply do a whole drive encryption when you’re done testing. Then format it. Bubye data forever.
Hard drives are Precision devices. One bad drop and the drive is dead. Forever. You can pay to recover data after a head crash but the drive is permanently headed for scrap.
There is an exception to this all. Full height drives, they look like either two hard drives (3.5”) or two disc drives (5.25”) stacked on each other. These have very little consolidation in components. So taking apart a working or partly working drive will yield many valuable components for resale. With these eBay is your friend. Or if you can find them The Hard Drive Exchange. A reputable, but hard to contact, private group of buyers.
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