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What’s the meaning of shucking a hard drive?

June 27, 2020March 28, 2020 by TheDatahoarder
Shucking a Freecom external hard drive using a hammer

If you’re new to data hoarding and have been reading about it on blogs, forums, Reddit, etc. you’ve probably seen people talking about shucking hard drives. Most people on the scene are familiar with shucking but quite often newbies will ask “what does it mean to shuck a hard drive?”. Put simply, shucking means taking … Read more

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