I just tried for about a half hour to remove an old hard drive from my last PC which I last used in 2014.
Couldn't get it out.
Honestly I'm not gonna bother further because it's probably gonna end up in a landfill somewhere.
@TonicBH If you're decommissioning it then don't worry about breaking the rest of it
It's a perfect excuse to get the big fun tools out, like oxy-acetylene torches and sledgehammers
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@troubleMoney the intent is my dad wants to like, put it out on the curb or something.
I think I might have to persuade him that nobody wants an 11-year-old PC.
(I don't want to keep it, but I'd rather just give it to a computer shop for parts or to Goodwill where they can just wipe it.)
@TonicBH ah, in that case just using the shred command would suffice
Far less fun though