Older Western Digital hard drive (work, wipe, drives, import)

[quoting2400]

I've seen some of these for sale but was wandering if it's worth putting up for sale. It's a 2007 Model - WD3200AAJS WD Caviar.
DCM- HHNCHTJMBN

Drive parameters:
320GB.
LBA 625142448

5VDC---0.68A
12VDC--0.55A

I been trying to find this exact one but I can't closet I came was a 2010. S/N - WCARW1902735

[Ed_RDNC]

Amazon sells new ones (WD 320 GB) for about $20, and used-electronics pricing is typical 50-20%. For a device that has moving parts, I'd guess this is worth maybe $8. For that, it's not worth your time to list and sell and meet and collect the money.
If it works, use it as an off-site backup for important files, stored in a fire safe or safety deposit box.
If you're not sure it's OK, then drill a few holes in the platters with a metal-penetrating drill bit, and throw it away. It's not even worth the several hours it would take a utility like Ccleaner to wipe the contents before giving it to a friend.

[JonahWicky]

Definitely not worth the time or trouble IMO.

[ReblTeen84]

Use it for target practice. Pretty worthless these days.

[gguerra]

Get a dock and use it as an external. That's about it. Not worth trying to sell it.

[MidValleyDad]

I never sell drives I have used. Once they have had data on them I consider them 'contaminated' and when I can no longer use them send them to the local E-cycle company which guarantees destruction. I will reuse them on machines under my control but they only leave my control to go to the shredder.

[klarkostin]

I have had experience using an old hard drive for data storage. But after a while, a whole section fell on it. I had to get nervous and spend a lot of time, but I was able to recover the data using Partition Recovery. After this incident, I only buy new modern discs.

[flamadiddle]

Take off the cover to expose the platters and use it as a conversation/museum piece.