I JUST DROPPED MY EXTERNAL HDD THAT HAS EVERYTHING ON IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…
repeatedly plugging and unplugging my HDD
…AAAAAAAAAAAA- wait, did my laptop just recognized it?
This is why you wrap them in 300 layers of bubble wrap, sealed with foam pads inside a fireproof tungsten safe, transported inside an armoured personnel carrier with a full armed crew and protected in a heavily defended convoy.
That would probably overheat the disk
Pack the safe in dry ice