Comment on Man who threw away $750M in Bitcoin wants to buy the dump where it's buriedparentComments−genter1yThere's companies that open them up in a clean room and magnetically image the disk. Not cheap, but I think worth it in this case.−giantg21yIt's not always successful though, making this a huge speculative case. That's even assuming it made it to the landfill and someone didn't pick it out first.−stormfather1yYou would have to put a lot of trust in that company. To be honest, I mean.−ashoeafoot1ybut dumps produce corrosive fluids which would flood the hdd?
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There's companies that open them up in a clean room and magnetically image the disk. Not cheap, but I think worth it in this case.
It's not always successful though, making this a huge speculative case. That's even assuming it made it to the landfill and someone didn't pick it out first.
You would have to put a lot of trust in that company. To be honest, I mean.
but dumps produce corrosive fluids which would flood the hdd?