if you shove them all into a Linux box, can it mount them all as a single logical drive?
fucked if I know, throw them in a skip
( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:36, archived)

Yes
and good advice.
( turb0t, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:37, archived)

there ya go then, Samba server ahoy

( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:38, archived)

I would never dirty my home with a Linux PC.

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:40, archived)

neither would I
I suggest you knock nails through the drive platters before you throw them away though, stops the police recovering your stash of child pornography
( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:42, archived)