How To Take Your Computer Hard Drive Apart Complete guide to destroying/looking inside your hard drive

[Qrntz 0]

You can also make a cool disk sander/grinder from a hard drive if you wish.
It's relatively simple, you just need to supply +12V and +5V to the drive on the leftmost and the rightmost pins of the motor.
If anyone cares, I found an instructable of someone doing that.

[derekchoi2 0]

Wow that's an interesting read I'll probably try it on one of my many dead harddrives. will report back when I get something done!

[tansqrx 0]

You can also make a cool disk sander/grinder from a hard drive if you wish.

It's relatively simple, you just need to supply +12V and +5V to the drive on the leftmost and the rightmost pins of the motor.

If anyone cares, I found an instructable of someone doing that.

That has got to be one of the craziest things that I have ever seen and I have done some serious crazy/stupid things in my life!

[grim reaper1666 0]

You can also make a cool disk sander/grinder from a hard drive if you wish.

It's relatively simple, you just need to supply +12V and +5V to the drive on the leftmost and the rightmost pins of the motor.

If anyone cares, I found an instructable of someone doing that.

that sounds pretty cool, don't put in too much voltage like someone did with a washing machine and then chuck and brick in, although it would be funny to make a catapult from a hard disk. is that possible using the same method as you use for creating a sander, i'd remove the magnet currentyl on it and then fit a electromagnet so you can turn it off and drop some object onto the thing and then lauch it. it makes me wonder what other possiblities there are for ol hard disks and mean you can use the magnets, make a sander even most liely some sort of lauhing system. i just thought ever been told to clean the windows then put a cleaning surface on the hard drive and it will be done quickly. want to wax the car then have no fear old hard drive is here.