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    4 months ago

    I once had a hard drive of some particular vintage that wasn’t able to start. I did actually get it running with a hammer tap. Got the remains of data out and replaced the drive. It was nothing special, a Unix system drive with nothing that wasn’t on tape, but I just had to see if I could fix a hard drive with a hammer.

    I also remember one admin who would often be seen walking between computer maintenance room and workshop wing with drives and a blacksmiths hammer labelled “format”.






  • That might be the “extremely expensive” repair. On a 10k car it’s possible, though it might well be worth doing. Especially if owner or shop can source a good engine cheaply. But it’s not going to be a small amount of work.

    Selling the rest somewhere for repair or parts and cutting your losses is a good looking option, though that’s not cheap either.

    A car is often a bad investment.