That was my first impression of this thread too, that much amount is something that isn't stored in just one hard drive in my opinion. The larger the amount that you own, then you should have thought of splitting the bitcoin in different wallets.
Help me understand why someone would have multiple hard drives to hold roughly 8,000 btc?
Especially back in 2010 when btc was still in its infancy and not worth much.
I understand at today's prices, but not back in 2010?
Back in 2010 it could be understandable that OP won't put 8,000 btc on multiple hard drives but time passes and the prices go up, during the 2017 peak, how come OP didn't think of splitting it. You mean to say that OP didn't check the prices for 11 years only to BSOD the computer and corrupt the wallet in the hard drive? That is a rather suspicious thing for me.