EW0071 - Computer Hard Drive Teardowns

[@jamesformisano5968]

that looks very interesting, fun too , maby

[@Elecami]

It is fun and interesting.

[@shanejohns7901]

The fun factor probably diminishes very much in proportion to how many you've done.

[@Elecami]

@@shanejohns7901 Can get a bit tedious after a while. But then just leave it for a few days and it is exciting again.

[@00Skyfox]

Hey wolfy, have you ever come across a hard drive with platters made of glass? I once had a dead drive that I wanted to see what would happen to it if I dropped it on concrete (from a height of 5 stories up), and I was so surprised to find the platters had basically turned into sand, they shattered so thoroughly. I’m guessing it’s for extremely secure data destruction at the end of a drive’s life.

[@Elecami]

I know the glass ones exist. I can't remember if I had any. Maybe it is more common in the laptop drives? I have a whole stack of those to get rid of too.

[@humm_vee_wusky6273]

The only drive your missing is a hybrid drive. I have one that is slowly dying thinking of taking it apart.

[@Elecami]

Oh yes. I've never never used or owned on of those drives. I expect it will be very similar to a normal mechanical drive, just have a few more ICs on the board.