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The guy from this news is humiliated more and more, although he probably guesses that he will never get his eight thousand bitcoins back.
He needs to accept this fact and start living without thinking about it, starting everything from scratch. Even if he finds this disk, but most likely the condition of the disk drive will be unsatisfactory for operation. Most likely there is an ide hdd, but even if it were sata, the disk can not only be irretrievably damaged by external influences, but if it was lying on the street, then humidity and temperatures finally finished crush this ide.
This guy lost 15.000 BTC when he sold his laptop in 2010 and has accepted it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=7REN3yYPY6EWell, people are different, just as it is commonly said that as our faces are different, so is out attitudes, and so also is our level of comprehension.
Some people are gifted, and have that ability to easily let things slide or go, most especially, things they know that they no longer have power over, but some other people, letting go is difficult, accepting that something is completely lost is a 'No for them, because accepting such could mean death for them.