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"textContent": "\nPower tools like drills have long been used to physically mangle storage devices, but only when used properly. With traditional mechanical hard drives, a few scattered holes are often enough to destroy the platters inside and make data recovery nearly impossible. Drilling can be effective on SSDs as well, but...\n\nRead Entire Article\n\n",
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