How To Scrap a Hard Drive

#ewaste #scrap #money
In this video I show how to scrap a hard drive and show how much money it is worth as scrap.
Here is a link to boardsort where you can sell ewaste for really good prices.
boardsort.com/payout.php
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[@scrapitall200]

If you’re curious about how to sell ewaste, check out this video 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKfNZ4Ono9Giprssi=c7VJBQmerb0JOrfH

[@EricScrapping4Dinidog]

That’s great! Ewaste is where I need help!

[@EricScrapping4Dinidog]

I’ll pay for your time

[@scrapitall200]

@@EricScrapping4Dinidog hopefully the videos I’ve published will help you. If there’s something in particular just ask me and I’ll do my best to help

[@maritimescrapper]

I love the way you scrap it all down as far as possible!!!

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you, I appreciate it

[@cuscrapping]

Good breakdown. With the quantity I do, I take the non SATA (or IDE) boards off. Both myself and Shark Scrapper have done the math, and it's not worth the time spent to take SATA boards off, so those get sold as is. When you're running a business, it's kind of sad that you don't get to tear everything down, but it all comes down to the bottom line. One of my favorite quotes..."If it don't make dollars, it don't make sense."

[@scrapitall200]

I’m very blessed that I get to do this as a hobby. Thank you for watching and I hope things are going well for you!

[@MicroScraprMike]

@cuscrapping. That's a good phrase!

[@JohnDunne001]

I'd never have thought I would find scraping videos so interesting! Thanks for sharing your hobby

[@scrapitall200]

You’re welcome! Thank you so much for watching, I really appreciate it.

[@dalemills8052]

I've dismantled several hard drives, never knew about that second layer on the cover. Them window weights are a nice chunk of metal and them magnets are very nice. God bless you brother!

[@scrapitall200]

Sometimes the one layer will be brass, especially from older ones (although I forgot to mention that in this video) Yeah, they make great weights for tying things down with tarps. Thank you so much for watching brother and God bless you too!

[@benk1390]

i have found that the plate you called stainless steel is often brass. i always hit it with the grinder to double check.

[@scrapitall200]

I once found one that was brass, that was a nice surprise. I usually mention the importance of checking metals with a file but I totally forgot, thank you for the reminder. Thank you for watching.

[@MarcelSchr]

Great video! To the best of my knowledge, the plate where the magnet is glued is made of MU-metal, which shields well and consists mainly of nickel. I have no idea if this makes a difference in terms of price; I'm more of a chemist than a scrap dealer. I've also had two hard drives before that had round glass plates instead of aluminum ones, although they are rare. I then etched away the coating and had excellent glass plates for decorative purposes. It's incredible that the glass disks survive the high rotation speed. I wish you all the best and a wonderful day. Greetings from Germany!🙏

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for that. I still have lots to learn about ewaste! Have a wonderful evening and thank you so much for watching.

[@anihe8892]

A most interesting and informative video. Many thanks.😊😊😊

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much!

[@ScrappingScotland]

Great teardown buddy. Learned something new as well. Never knew the top plate could have 2 layers.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy! I’m happy I was able to help you. Thank you for watching!

[@nachostuff]

Yeap - I remove the board and turn the rest in as dirty aluminum. Good info.

[@scrapitall200]

Man I wish my yard was a cool as your yard lol. Thank you for watching buddy.

[@donvoll2580]

Good day from Ontario Yes that magnet is strong , my son told me bout it but to lift 6 pds. Thanks

[@scrapitall200]

Good day buddy, thank you for watching. I’m impressed by that magnet.

[@Kreacher1974]

I love those magnets. I have a big stack of them. Always love your videos, thank you, sir.

[@scrapitall200]

They are awesome! Thank you very much, I appreciate that.

[@murlbailer3755]

I saw a video about those magnets being sold on eBay. Don’t remember when? $$$. 🐎✌️ Enjoyed the video.

[@scrapitall200]

I hear they sell quite well on eBay. Thank you for watching.

[@markmatt9174]

Ive torn half dozen or so HDs apart . Love the neodymium magnets & told they can be sold with the MU metal backers for a pretty good price. I use Stailess Steel welding rod to weave thru the holes so i have a 3' pickup tool that sticks to everything just before i get it to the wrench i dropped down i to the engine bay😂😂😂 Platinum is on the platters but not sure if its only certain brands or vintage platers. @Streetips think he has done some refining of gold pins and HD components for the precious metals. Love his channel too! Stay well and keep up good work. M

[@scrapitall200]

Those magnets are incredible. I’ve heard they do sell for a good price on eBay. Sreetips has great videos, I’ve watched quite a few myself. Thank you for watching.

[@MrLeonard55]

I like those magnets. I keep them all.

[@scrapitall200]

They really are awesome little guys! Thank you for watching.

[@MicroScraprMike]

Another quality video from Scrapitall. God bless you!

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you, I appreciate that very much. Thank you and God bless you as well.

[@DanielHouston-uw3ir]

Nice job on the price breakdown! I love the magnets, i use them all the time

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you! They really are awesome magnets. Thank you for watching buddy.

[@JIMCREES1]

Thanks for the information about the stainless steel part. I bend the platters immediately after removing them to assure my suppliers that no data leaves my shop.

[@scrapitall200]

You’re welcome! That’s a good idea with them, thanks for the tip. Thank you for watching.

[@piecesofpete5921]

🤙🤙👍 i got probly 100 hard drives,guess i need to get busy 😁✌️🙏

[@scrapitall200]

Get to it, Pete 😂 Thank you for watching.

[@piecesofpete5921]

✌️

[@CandSMINING]

great video my friend, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Nice show of the power of magnets.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you and you’re welcome! Little fella is very strong lol Thank you for watching.

[@JamesSkellington-xj8nn]

You are Such a Blessing to KZbin Scrapitall I love every one of your videos God Bless you my friend

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much my brother in Christ! Thank you for your support. God bless you!

[@JohnJoe-pf8of]

I'm binge watching your videos

[@scrapitall200]

Oh wow, thank you so much!

[@JohnJoe-pf8of]

You are welcome

[@EricScrapping4Dinidog]

Amen

[@scrapitall200]

God bless you!

[@scraprodriguez]

Learn something new, thanks

[@scrapitall200]

You’re welcome buddy, glad to help.

[@saschakonze6867]

Thank you for this video i learned a few things more as i already know about scrappuing harddrives!

[@scrapitall200]

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching I appreciate it.

[@JsStack]

Great video. I hadn’t seen one pulled apart before.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy and thank you for watching. Hope you’re doing ok buddy!

[@JsStack]

@@scrapitall200 You’re welcome. I am doing better. Headed to Kentucky for 8 days for work.

[@scrapitall200]

@@JsStack glad to hear you’re doing better. Stay safe and enjoy your time in Kentucky.

[@scrapnjunk81]

That was a great video. I love breaking down hard drives

[@scrapitall200]

Me too, thank you buddy!

[@anthonycolangeli4133]

Really nice video! Amen and God Bless.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you brother! God bless you too and thank you for watching.

[@josephcormier5974]

Very good demonstration sir well done thanks for sharing this six stars

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much buddy! Thank you for watching.

[@gambitdesert8500]

Great vid and yes I just sub because of the believe in the Lord Jesus of Nazareth I’m so happy you praying at the end makes me want to just skip to the end first great job brother I pray God put a hedge of protection around us where we can continue to pray out loud as you do. Thanks again for videos and it makes me happy knowing I didn’t go to Iraq for nothing when there are a few of y’all still out there praying God bless you and yours

[@scrapitall200]

God bless you brother! Thank you for your service to our country!

[@JohnJoe-pf8of]

Nice video

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for watching!

[@JohnJoe-pf8of]

My pleasure

[@HHRecycling]

Really good breakdown and tally. Funny thing: My dog smelled my phone while I was doing this comment and as he did, I saw it flash "comment added" Anyhow, I was just going to say that being able to send to boardsort would be awesome and would definitely make our ewaste scrapping more worthwhile here in Canada.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you bud! Your dogs are quite the characters. Lol Hopefully soon you’ll have more options. Thank you for watching!

[@jbone877]

Dope video! Enjoyed 😊

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much!

[@thescrapmeister]

Well done sir, have a great day.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you and you too have a great day!

[@BushDogScrapper]

I scrap HD's down cause I can't sell e waste to the scrap yards here too. The magnets are my favorite parts they are handy on a string to pick stuff up! Awesome tear down and explanations! CheeRs Brother much love & stay Blessed

[@scrapitall200]

The magnets are so strong. Thank you for watching and God bless brother.

[@ThatsRightRecycling]

Well done sir ❤

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy!

[@nicejunk666]

Excellent job sir

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you my friend, I appreciate that.

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video

[@scrapitall200]

Thanks buddy.

[@jessiedunning212]

I send my circuit boards to boardsort as well. Nice people,very helpful and great payout prices

[@scrapitall200]

They are a fantastic company and very helpful. Thank you for watching!

[@Scrapping4aDart]

The aluminum piece you took off at 5:55 has a small ring of magnetic wire in it. You can just cut the edge of the piece and peel the wire out. I only know this because I've scrapped 100's of drives over the years. I do like your videos. They are just like the ones I use to make years ago when I had the time. Very informative. Take Care.

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you, I’ll have to check that out, I appreciate the help. Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. Have a wonderful day!

[@Scrapping4aDart]

You're welcome. Just put one of those magnets over that piece and it will stick on the edge. Thanks.@@scrapitall200

[@scrapitall200]

@@Scrapping4aDart i appreciate that buddy!

[@scrappingonthefly77]

Another good break down brother.

[@BushDogScrapper]

CheeRs Brother 🤙🏻

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you so much brother and for watching.

[@evaanyogawale]

Love from India

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you! Love from the USA.

[@PIOWOL1]

👍👍

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you for watching.

[@ScrapMan69]

Great video my friend! That was a strong little magnet!!

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you buddy! Yeah they are impressive magnets. Thank you for watching.

[@ScrapMan69]

@@scrapitall200 you be able to use that magnet to go magnet fishing buddy! Your welcome!

[@scrapitall200]

@@ScrapMan69 I’ve always wanted to give that a try! Good idea buddy.

[@ScrapMan69]

@@scrapitall200 you’re welcome buddy can find some scrap sometimes doing that as well!

[@scrapitall200]

@@ScrapMan69 absolutely, so much junk thrown in water.

[@bearhardcorepicker]

Unfortunately there are no buyers for ewaste in Manitoba, as well as most other Canadian provinces. There is a recycling program set up for free recycling here, but no one pays for the stuff. You pay a recycling eco-fee upon purchase of new electronics to support the program. And, Canada is signed to the "Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal", which generally doesn't allow for easy export of the materials to other countries, so mailing stuff to Boardsort from Canada is technically contrary to the laws here, and apparently Boardsort does not accept international packages, anyway. So, those who sell to them from Canada, have to drive the stuff across the border, then ship from within the US. The United State's regulations for export of ewaste are far, far less stringent than those in Canada. Export of the materials by Canadians still occurs, but technically much of it is being done illegally. In the world of eWaste, much of the low grade ewaste is usually sent to third world countries for processing, and much (not all, but the majority) of the ewaste processing being done in third world countries is being done by criminal gangs, and/or is causing major pollution, taking the lives of those processing the materials, and permanently destroying the environment in those areas, as well as polluting bodies of water, the water table, etc, so rivers take the pollutants to the oceans, where it essentially comes back to us. I had an ewaste recycling business for a few years, and looked into the background of what goes on, and found lots of dirty little secrets that people generally don't know about ewaste processing. A side note for upcycling portions of the drive...the center discs, platters, and other parts can be marketed as art and craft materials to builders/artists for art, props, crafts, jewellery, etc....just save up groups of like components and sell in batches on ebay, ETSY, etc. Used to do that, and did ok with them...got far more money than scrap value.

[@scrapitall200]

Wow, I did not know that, thank you for sharing all of that great information!

[@MsDelola]

I got 2 little round magnets,dont remember where from.they will hold and full anything,Its a pain to get off side of van where I keep magnets.Gotta love it.

[@scrapitall200]

Wow, those sounds really impressive! Thank you for watching.

[@MsDelola]

I been scrapping now five yrs.I was watchin u-yube vid of 2 women in Ohio scrapping in an old va,was trying to figure out how to maximize my income,then it hit me,I had an old van,was healthy,needed to do some exercising after 2 heart attacks,started scrappin.Was slow at first as U had other side jobs,I liked the scrapping so good I let other jobs go and am scrapping full time.been w/same yrd all this time,In arizona heat Im about the only independent scrapper wrking,the heat helps me physically,I love it.Some times Im 2xs a day at yrd.leave after drop come bck hr nd half later w.another load.I keep sawzaw and drill in van so I can process in the feild.some weks 200-250 dollar,clean in my pocket.Its wrth it to me to wrk from home.get out there,wrk hard.I got 4 accounts that r regular,some wks they r all I do as can fill van everytime I stop.I will continue to watch scrap vids.when Im havin a prob processing I go to vids,find ezier way to process so a success.Got van full now heavy metal,yrd trip earl am..Keep makin vids for scrappers like me to watch and keep scrapping my guy. @@scrapitall200

[@artstrology]

There might have been 14 million dollars worth of research stored on that computer. It might have been medical research that would save tens of thousands of lives across the entire planet. It could have bitcoins !!!!!

[@scrapitall200]

I believe it had the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa on there 😂 Thank you so much for watching buddy!

[@ScrappingScotland]

I think that hard drive had the meaning of life stored on it 😂

[@scrapitall200]

@@ScrappingScotland 😂😂

[@artstrology]

Humanity became hopelessly doomed for $1.29 @@ScrappingScotland

[@bohemianmystik8602]

You should probably test those before scrapping just what I would do.

[@user-hu3pn9qx8t]

I am a hobby scrapper as well. I am curious about the gold connectors on the rj45 and rj14 cables. Right now I am snipping off the ends. I have almost 20 pounds of them. What procedure would you use to recover the gold or do you know of other places who would buy them? Thanks 8:50

[@scrapitall200]

I haven’t gotten into any gold recovery yet, but Boardsort.com buys gold connector ends.

[@damontarloth3774]

I must of misheard the pricing because if you take the board off that is worth $1 and sell the rest as a solid piece at $0.35 a pound = $0.41 for a grand total of $1.41, but if you take the whole thing apart you only get a total of $1.34??? If that is true Why Take it Apart??? Please comment and let me know where I am incorrect.. Thank-You

[@scrapitall200]

You are correct. But it would cost me over $2 in shipping the hard drive to Boardsort.com. That’s why I just sell them the board and sell the rest of the stuff to my local scrap yard. I should’ve been more clear about that in the video, I apologize for that. Thank you for watching.

[@Kreacher1974]

How do you get the electric motors out if there are no screws to remove it.

[@scrapitall200]

Flip the hard drive over and use a punch and tap it with a hammer. Hope that helps. Sorry I didn’t think of putting that in this video.

[@MicroScraprMike]

Have you got a Scrapitall way, haha to remove the motor cover to get at the copper from the motor?

[@scrapitall200]

Haha yeah I do. Usually there’s a slight lip to the edge and I’ll get under it with a screw driver and pry it up and the cover will pop right off.

[@scrapitall200]

So I just looked at that motor and the way I described will not work. I just made a short showing how to get them apart if you want to check it out buddy.

[@MicroScraprMike]

@scrapitall200 . Thanks, I will do that.

[@bullionbandit3733]

I thought there was platinum somewhere in there. Like on the platters? Is that not true?

[@scrapitall200]

There is but it’s incredibly thin, plus I forgot to mention that lol. I know Boardsort will buy platters (which I forgot to mention lol) but it’s the same price as my yard pays for aluminum. Thank you for watching.

[@cuetTimmonz]

same here they stopped talking computers..

[@scrapitall200]

Did they say why they stopped?

[@scottprather5645]

The companies that buy those circuit boards what do they do with them??

[@scrapitall200]

They eventually get processed to recover the precious metals

[@moondog4313]

What size driver did you use on them small screws I can't find one to fit them

[@scrapitall200]

I used a T9 torx bit. If you search on Amazon for torx screw driver set, they have lots of affordable options. Thank you for watching buddy.

[@spaz-tech]

Harbor Freight has an affordable set w/Torx, flat, Phillips bits, and a hand bit holder all in a case. Has worked well thus far for HD’s (but I’m also careful not to destroy the torx bits because they do seem fragile).

[@scrapitall200]

@@spaz-tech I have a set from them, pretty good for the money, except like you mentioned, the torx are fragile.

[@ShapdCrusadr]

If your only option is having to mail scrap material out of state to a company cause you got nothing local to you. I hardly think it would be worth the time to mail scrap material cause of the cost of mailing.

[@scrapitall200]

I mailed ram memory stick that cost me $10 in shipping but I got paid almost 80 dollars for them. Some stuff isn’t worth the cost but most stuff is profitable to ship. Thank you for watching.

[@user-vn7rl3kt2o]

Great video

[@scrapitall200]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[@user-vn7rl3kt2o]

You are welcome