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Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter?
kidcharles writes "I'm working on a project that requires writing bits to a magnetic hard drive platter in a completely controlled fashion. I need to be able to control exactly where 1s and 0s will appear physically on the platter. Normally when data is written to a drive the actual bits that get written are determined by the file system being used, as modified by whatever kind of error handling the drive itself is using (e.g. Reed-Solomon). All of the modern innovations in file systems and error handling are great for reliable and efficient data storage, but they are making my particular task quite daunting. My question for Slashdot: is there a way to get down to the 'bare metal' and write these bits? Any good utilities out there to do this? Obviously a free and open source solution would be preferable, but I'm open to anything at this point."
Shit, some people are dumb dicks!
I provided a nice solution down there in the comments (= use the same equipment that data restoration companies use).
You on the other hand are too dumb for it, but still arrogant enough to simply assume that everything you can’t imagine must be impossible or completely impractical.
Besides: You call that a troll?. I only tried trolling one in my life. Just to see how it is. And I did so in such an epic fashion, that I never felt the need to do it again. (Got on the front page with news that Duke Nukem Forever is released... if you remember.) THAT is a troll! ^^
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Because XKCD is total shit. That's why.