Hard Drive Shucking: Is It Still Worth It in 2026?
Shucking, buying an external USB hard drive purely to crack it open and pull out the bare drive inside, has been a data hoarder rite of passage for over a decade. Drive manufacturers have spent that whole decade trying to make it less appealing, and yet it keeps coming back every time there’s a good external-drive sale. Here’s whether it still makes sense, and what you’re actually signing up for when you do it. ...