Reliably destroy all information on magnetic disk through digital medium

In a scenario where a person wants to give away their device (magnetic disk included), leaving the disk usable for the receiver, how might that person go about destroying ALL data (except firmware) on the disk only via a digital medium? En… Continue reading Reliably destroy all information on magnetic disk through digital medium

I have a 4 TB WD Green Drive. It clicks 4 times, then a pause, then 1 more click, but it won’t mount [migrated]

I have a 4.0 TB WD Green drive. It was in an enclosure as part of a WD My Book or something like that. It failed on me so I took it out of the enclosure and put it in a new one. I plugged it into my MacBook and it had no partitions and the… Continue reading I have a 4 TB WD Green Drive. It clicks 4 times, then a pause, then 1 more click, but it won’t mount [migrated]