https://i.redd.it/igkrqasdnstz.jpg

I think it was nffc who said, we would have all done the same. (or close to it)

Yeah.  There is a guy who threw out a hard drive with $7.5 million worth of bitcoin.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/it-worker-throws-out-hard-drive-loses-7-5-million-f2D11669738

IMO, it just makes sense to hang on to your old hard drives, you never know what you may want off of them and they don't take that much space.