[alexdns]

The stupidest thing to do first is moving platters. You move the PCB first from an OK drive to a NOT ok drive

[netsharc]

I've done this, but on IDE drives, over a decade ago. I wonder if nodern SATA drives store their encryption keys on the platter or on the PCB. Afaik even drives where the data is accessible on boot has encryption, just that the key isn't password protected, it's a convenient way to turn on encryption, just encrypt the key instead of overwriting the whole disk...