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Unusual Data Disaster Horror Stories

Posted by Zonk on from the lolcats-can-has-hard-drives dept.

Lucas123 writes "Computerworld has posted stories from a disaster recovery company that include a scientist who drilled into his hard drive in order to pour oil into the mechanism to stop the squeaking. It worked. Of course a dead drive makes no noise. And, then a guy in Thailand who, after discovering ants in his external hard drive, took the cover off in order to spray the interior with insect repellent. Both the ants and the drive died."

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  1. Re:Bash the Keyboard in disContent by Fizzl · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes.
    If you are retarded enough to do that, you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place. In fact, you should stay far away from any device which you cannot program with assembler.
    (Yes, one of the first things I did with my new car, was to find the instruction set to the ECU from specialized warez site)

    Get the fuck off my lawn nanny.

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  2. Re:If you want a good laugh, go into repair by PurPaBOO · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "accelerate and break"

    brake, dickhead.

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