[Discuss] NTFS Hard Drive Failing?

[brendan]

>> Anyone else experience this kind of problem and if so, what did YOU do?
> Futzed around with it for a while, got tired of doing that, used
> a hammer.  Also worked when a friend was getting rid of her old
> computer, and worried about what might be on the drive.
>

should you feel like destroying your hard drive, take it apart and grab 
the rare earth magnets from inside. they are very fun - newer drives 
don't have huge magnets like the old ones did, but they are still quite 
strong.