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Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free — scores 11 shuckable HDDs for $4 per TB (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Even if he somehow found it, data recovery from a drive that's been in a landfill that long would be nearly imposible - the platters would be corroded beyond repair and the controller board fried from moisture damagee.