What if You SHAKE a Hard Drive WHILE It's Running?

[@KyleRice]

Wow that's one tutorial you won't see every day

[@vishalghuman]

15 hrs ago but video is just uploaded how??

[@haykg]

16 hours ago!? This video was just uploaded

[@michelsilva2003]

This guy seem to have that patreon like service from KZbin he can probably see the video early somehow

[@Clikstan]

@@vishalghuman look at the badge next to his profile he is partnered with ThioJoe one of the perks is seeing vids early.

[@killertruth186]

@@Clikstan And what is the "3rd level" on his badge?

[@Just-View]

HDD: “Noooo, you can’t just shake me and expect me to work properly.” SDD: “haha vibration go brrrrr.”

[@IanST0]

Underrated comment

[@cidsx]

Solid D'tate Drive.

[@AlexandreBugado]

Solid Drive Driver

[@humorss]

i think solid die drive make sense? as in nand and controller die

[@itswindyyy]

SDD = Solid Drive Drive

[@samk.511]

Glad to see quality entertainment is back on youtube

[@areshy4787]

This is entertainment?

[@Ryanisthere]

@Yakfatboy22 you trynna tell me this isnt quality entertainment

[@manatster]

1 year ago

[@user-zr2bo7dp2i]

Manat ster yes

[@thunderface9128]

Wouldn't call it *quality*

[@Minitomate]

This is actually very interesting to see the security measures that are put into these hard drives.

[@ethangreenyt]

But I wonder if they also put accelerometers in external hard drives also. Maybe do because they are still hard drives and they are used outside the pc or laptop and is more exposed. I just don't want to break the external hard drive I have for a ps4 I have.

[@x808drifter]

@@ethangreenyt XD No. They are literally just Laptop 2.5" drives and 3.5" drives with a USB adapter. And THIS is why SSD's are the way to go for anything but large Read/Write media storage.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic7203]

Who would win: A storage device capable of storing terabytes of data in a small space OR O N E D U S T Y B O I.

[@unsinsis4747]

O N E D U S T Y B O I

[@Sam11714]

O N E D US T Y B O I.

[@Skippy7704]

Tardigradum i liked the comment only so the likes stay on 404 (not found)

[@brandongamingnl9753]

My Old Windows XP Computer Is A *DUSTY BOI*

[@tdnr]

N I G G A

[@andreaspatsalides1914]

*tHaTs L0tS of DmAgE*

[@Kyogi]

use flex tape to fix it

[@marquezjohnston]

No long term damage

[@bibasik7]

"dmage*

[@TechNerd22]

Flex Seal can now repair broken hard drives

[@anderewe880]

It's *Damge*

[@TomasReo]

5:06 SSD: "Yea LOL Whateverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..." Does not care at all xD

[@aiexzs]

ssds are reliable because they don't have a disk

[@wta1518]

Don’t SSDs typically have a faster read/write speeds compared to HDDs?

[@aiexzs]

@@wta1518 yes

[@AlexandreBugado]

That is really comfortable, please, continue the massage

[@unixity_WasTaken]

Yeah I don't care. If I open up SSD while it's running

[@ThioJoe]

The mystery is finally solved!

[@ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl]

FIRST FIRST haha finally

[@ErtugrulOzdemir-mf1gl]

the thumbinail tho

[@thepeacekeeper1566]

Did you use s9/note9 for slow mo right

[@burakarif]

*Now deepfry a hard drive*

[@ahmetcevik2387]

FAKE VİDEO JOE PLSS

[@usertankist45]

Ideally would be to run health tests for things like bad sectors on the HDD before and after shaking it. Most of those shake wound not instantly destroy a hard drive, but could cause damage whose symptoms would only start to show months later.

[@shinobuoshino5066]

it doesn't do any damage at all beyond requiring one increment of LCC lol

[@TylerTMG]

​@@shinobuoshino5066nice pfp

[@uhm175]

@@shinobuoshino5066 It does actually

[@HungryGuyStories]

I'm surprised! While I expected the shaking machine to destroy the drive, I didn't expect the hand shaking to have any effect whatsoever.

[@DaRush-The_Soviet_Gamer]

Kinda amazing that HDD based IPODS didn't come in broken just because someone dropped their walkman on a table a little too hard. These things spin at stupid speeds.

[@spef]

SSD: Poor hard drives never knew what would hit him

[@bahezh.702]

Any tiny dust on the platter will destroy the hard drive that's why yours failed.

[@tebasnineone]

But we must remember that 20 years ago, there are no hard drives with 1 TB or more capacity. There's only few GB available and that The highest capacity that day.

[@ilya_mzp]

The failure reason when opening laptop HDDs is head alignment. Head assembly is not secured to the body perfectly and relies on the cover screw.

[@squaller9254]

it’s because the last screw he took out put pressure on the heads. they started to rub up on the platters, scratching the platters and essentially killing the drive.

[@minoritygaming4009]

The last screw held the drive arm in

[@JohnSmith-yy8hn]

You are all incorrect in your explanation as to why the HDD failed when the cover was removed from the HDD. The reason is that the HDD‘s heads are designed to operate on a cushion of air between the heads and the HDD platters in a completely sealed unit. This cushion of air is microns thin, and at speeds of 5400rpm or 7200rpm the cushion of air between the platters protects the heads from crashing onto the platters, as long as the speed of the platters is maintained. If the HDD platters lose speed, the HDD automatically retracts the heads to a safe parking spot. The HDD cover keeps the air flow inside the HDD at a balance keeping an air cushion under the heads. When the cover was removed from the HDD, the balanced airflow inside the HDD, was lost, removing the air cushioning effect between the heads and platters causing the heads to crash onto the platters. Thus destroying the HDD and the data.

[@MoesFingers]

this video had me *literally shaking*

[@thebetaman]

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[@goldcraft1337]

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[@appgamer6855]

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[@zender3122]

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[@michaelmarkus478]

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[@patemathic]

This kinda reminds me of when I fed twice the normal voltage to a drill motor and the gearbox blew up...

[@mitkecar8573]

2:34 that face

[@burakarif]

I have ssd and its really running low on oil I should switch to a hard drive so i don't have to replace my oil as much

[@UnreadySil]

xD

[@burakarif]

@;-; Kirby ;-; my hard drive runs on 2 litres of pure gasoline so my ssd uses oil

[@maxican5286]

*DID SOMBODY SAY O I L*

[@HillaryClintonEatsBabies]

Wait wtf I never knew I had to add oil to my SSD. How do I check if mine is low. I've had it for about two years.

[@randomguy9853]

@@HillaryClintonEatsBabies it's a joke

[@ensarsacirovic51]

I love how you can immediately feel so much excitement in the beginning when it comes to breaking something

[@Killz4Dayz]

The titles are getting crazier

[@ThioJoe]

or maybe the videos are getting crazier

[@Killz4Dayz]

ThioJoe you have a point

[@ThatFoxiee]

LOL

[@thespermsharkthespermwhale1938]

@@ThioJoe Could you make a video of Did you know OS-tans are Anime operating szğystem girls? *sorry for my bad Englis*

[@wta1518]

Me with an SSD: “I don’t have such weaknesses”

[@LuizFernando-bn2zc]

I almost got a heart attack while watching this video.

[@killertruth186]

Was it you or was it your wallet?

[@Xnoob545]

But why

[@trolmaso]

Request medical help 🏥

[@a.q.2330]

i dont care lol hdd are trash with todays standards

[@arwin1794]

100th like

[@s1nnohlakes]

2:28 When ThioJoe realized that hes been shook (Look at the video playing on his Laptop)

[@GaneshMKarhale]

funny

[@RustySimRacing]

Thank you for this great tutorial on how to open a hard drive.

[@angelzplayz8854]

So this is how Apple does shake to undo.... 🤔

[@l3x13-]

:0

[@PabTSM-OfficialChannel]

stop it i said

[@michaelepica3564]

Flash chips

[@pickachublast8]

Well I know some computers have the ability to turn off the head parking feature when vibration is detected, so you could have possibly looked into that to turn that off and kill the drive. Also, that last screw under the sticker of the HDD, holds the read/write heads in place so when it was removed, the heads got loose, but I think you figured that out

[@ThioJoe]

Yea I actually screwed that back in after taking off the cover but it still made a bunch of noise

[@trithai9582]

@@ThioJoe that's because the disk is already scratched, the r/w heads actually hover above the disks and use electromagnetic to do the job. If even a little dust get in the way, it'll scratch the disk and kill it. In the video, you either bent one of the r/w heads or let something (water, dust, ect) get onto the disk and scratched it

[@someguy4915]

@@trithai9582 That, or when putting it back you applied too much/too little torque on that screw. The tolerances in these drives are so precise, turning the screw a little too much or too little will allow the drive heads to move up/down just enough to destroy themselves...

[@TimeYT]

Thio: We officially killed the drive. Windows recovery: sup yo drive dead get a new one

[@yareddeyaso1219]

This turned from a curiosity driven video to a Toshiba hard drive advertisement real quick lol

[@lukmly013]

Toshiba HDDs naturally advertise themselves

[@yelyah1196]

7:59 that dying sound lol F to pay respects

[@Infevlol]

F word. I press that F button.

[@Hi-ef5bn]

F

[@emstorm73]

This was enlightening, but I'd be interested to see how a desktop hard drive stacks up, since they're not (as far as I know) as protected from motion and shock...

[@ethangreenyt]

I am sure the same because it is still a hard drive and you can use 2.5 inch in a desktop. If there was no accelerometer in it for the safety then that means that servers with 30-60 drives would fail a lot more quicker (or sooner) due to the vibrations. Also I think shock is for external drives. Almost all drives have vibration, movement (forgot what it is called when it gets hit or something) and shock protection (I don't know about this one) (all this is 100% for external drives)

[@someguy4915]

@@ethangreenyt Storage servers with up to hundreds of harddrives are not receiving much more vibration than a standard desktop computer. If they would, half the drives would constantly be locking up... Professional servers are built to prevent resonance at harddrive frequencies so this isn't an issue. Either way, laptop drives (2.5" drives meant for mobile devices), are built to be more tolerant against vibrations and shocks so it wouldn't be surprising to see 3.5" drives struggle a lot more. As a sidenote: external drives are just internal drives in a fancy casing, the drive inside is the exact same as is shown here for example, no special technology compared to most 2.5" consumer grade HDDs.

[@shinobuoshino5066]

All drives are built the same, what makes you think that desktop or even server drive is never shook? They're transported sometimes.

[@isame0085]

This is the content i subscribed for

[@ThioJoe]

indeed

[@whatsascrewdriver5572]

Are the vibrations sine or square wave? Traditionally, the concern for me has always been that if the laptop is "banged" -- which is an impulse, that's supposed to cause the actuator (?) to hit the platter and tear things up in a microsecond. It's interesting that there's a "shaking detector" to slow / stop the spinning, and that's a good thing. But that (sine wave) is a different test than the impact scenario, better simulated by square waves, although 1/4 of a square wave cycle would be sufficient to simulate a "bang." For instance, how gently should a laptop be set on the table? How hazardous is it to a hard drive (perhaps running a mapping program) to sit on the passenger seat of a car or perched on a mobile mount when the road is bumpy? These are difficult questions to answer, since they depend on specific circumstances. More ammunition in favor of SSD.

[@ChapOnRoblox]

Hard Drive: *working* ThioJoe: I’m going to stop you right there

[@aitchpea6011]

Things to not do with a spinning platter hard drive in the off state: 1. Expose it to static electricity, 2. Put it down hard enough to make a noise. Things that are probably okay in on or off states: 1. Shake it, 2. Invert or rotate it (it's a really interesting demo of the gyroscopic effect to invert a spinning drive, but isn't harmful) Source? Those were the rules at IBM when I used to build the things. The drive can only withstand a small amount of g's of force before the heads crash into some internal part or the actuator arm bends. When spinning, however, the flyheight of the heads is determined by magnetic action, a strong and rigid actuator arm, and air pressure between the head and disk, and is quite stable under changing forces. Shaking doesn't exert a lot of force on the drives compared to, say, slamming it down on a hard surface. One of the tests done during manufacture is HRF (for harmonic ratio flyheight) test which measures the flyheight and ensures its stability in certain conditions. Some tests are done with the top cover on, some with it off. In a cleanroom, the cover isn't necessary if the drive is stable. Doing what you did with the cover off though leads to instability in the actuator arm, as it's only supported from the bottom and not held rigid at the top, causing the heads to come into contact with the platters, hence the high pitched screeching sound.

[@TheDixieDerg]

Glad to know that there's a protocol for my computer to protect it's self in the event it somehow winds up in California.

[@KAMware76]

So much better than when laptops first came out! I remember having to actually send commands to Park the heads when shutting down so they did not destroy the platters when moving the computer! I hated early laptops as they were NOT reliable. Had many of the fail because of moving them. Obviously we should all use solid state drives for max reliablity.

[@xScopeLess]

I can finally stop worrying about that one time I kinda bumped into my hdd with my hand while it was running.

[@wardengamer374]

0:42 That weird shaking fan just made me laugh! I can't stop laughing!!

[@Lampe2020]

Opening destabilizes the moving parts, so the arm would sink down a little (because of the little distance to the platter it would rub onto it) and even the platters might start to wobble slightly, hitting the head.

[@ARYAAN63]

0:23 close your eyes and listen doesn't seem right xD

[@TheTechnoGuy18]

XD

[@towsif_8_128]

This xD ruined the joke

[@komi9261]

edit the "xD "I'm so funny" part out. Ruins the jokr

[@dr.elisaas8500]

EvilPotato bruh you just posted cringe

[@gamerkangaroo1513]

"We're gonna actually use an specialized piece of equipment" A hArd DrIvE ShaKeR

[@ethangreenyt]

I thought it was an modified toaster when I first watched this video. I realized it was toaster shaped.

[@82spiders]

English is not Joe's forte. See above on SHOOK versus SHAKEN.

[@wulzyfan59]

@@82spiders what is that? i want technology with bloons instead of mystery garbage

[@wardengamer374]

1:53 FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE

[@infernys20]

You should've tried to write something on it while shaking. Kinda wonder if it can make some errors while writing a file right before shaking (Before the protect mechanism stops the hard drive). By the way thank you for your test, I have never think about shaking issues with it.

[@wolfdale_3m]

Most modern hard drives and especially laptop drives have g-sense included with them. If a certain g-force is exceeded, the controller parks the heads to prevent a head crash.

[@aeresys]

You have become technical The King Of Random

[@YayaYayoty]

*and again you can see the cable fell out this time too* 4:40 me: *Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle*

[@DarthShadie]

Neat. It's good to know that an SSD can take a lot more. I'll still be super duper careful with my drives, but this is good to know that a little shaking won't be detrimental to the drive. By the way, it's "shaken" for the passive form / object of the verb. "Shook" is for the active form / subject. :D Good stuff, Thio.

[@stephensnell5707]

That is because SSD Drives have no moving parts

[@DarthShadie]

@@stephensnell5707 Oh, that's why. Makes sense. Thanks.

[@kowhaifan1249]

You could put a ssd in a dryer (on cold) and it will still work.

[@arstcreations]

I'm currently searching for a method to stop Windows Defender eating up my HDD speed. Shaking it made the HDD usage goes to 0% now! Thanks!

[@_.go._]

nice experiment! i'm surprised to find that shaking hard drives doesn't really break anything major, but more or less tiny temp glitch 😮

[@deansprivatearchive]

Short version: HHD is frozen, SSD lives next-door, no effect to it

[@Otakutaru]

I don't know if you killed it just by opening it, because of the tiniest of dust getting in between the disc and the head. Either way, you should have tried to kick it instead of vibrating it you know, real life stuff. The thing with the shaker is that yeah, it vibrates real fast but the drive might have time to retract the head while the shaker is starting up, once it's retracted it doesn't matter how fast you shake it anymore. A sudden kick or bump with enough instant force would actually move the head into the disc as it retracts and that's what would cause damage, I think.

[@squidgrill]

Otakutaru Wouldn’t a force like that also cause the drive to stop? Apparently laptop drives are pretty smart and can do that but I never tested it.

[@Rocco-tb9ih]

@@squidgrill Good. *Don't test it.* xD

[@Lampe2020]

**As of writing this, I haven't watched the video yet.** I have an old laptop which runs on a 500GB Western Digital HDD. I recently got it working again (I swapped out most of the parts because the old one had a damaged motherboard and was completely white, which didn't look nice, so I bought a new one which was black and unfortunately didn't have a HDD connector. So I soldered the old connector onto the new mainboard, swapped around the outer parts until it looked nice and it worked.). I remember that that WD hard drive has automatic shaking protection, as it, when shaken strongly enough, makes a loud "Kabeep!", waits a few seconds and then spins up again.

[@אאא]

2:30 LOL🤣😂

[@GaryCameron]

I wonder how many people had problems with their laptop or desktop PC because of an unbalanced fan near their hard drive? You should try running disk diagnostics after every shaking session to make sure their was no physical damage. The results of a head crash may not show right away but the drive will die in a few hours/days/weeks.

[@carlosmanuelcabreraalvarad4365]

I've read that new hard drives have a build in accelerometer to detect if the computer is on sudden movement, to activate a safety feature moving the heads to their rest position to avoid scratch it, Hard drives are on different air preassure, opening them changes that, head readers never touch the plates, air preassure as it is is not good enougth

[@4markie]

You have to suddenly give it a good shock without any warning. which is usually the case if you drop it on the ground. I've lost two laptop hdds like that

[@linchester8464]

ok here is the serious part about why the HDD failed after you open it up the inside of the HDD is like a semi vacuum or in technically terms hermetically sealed with a small barometric filter in the hole on the cover. the semi vacuum is what helps keep the read write head skimming above the platters. When you open up the HDD even a spec of dust invisible to the naked eye would be the disk drive equivalent of putting a house-sized boulder in the road ahead of your speeding car jammed between the head and platter is going to cause lots of damage. The magnetic density of today's drives uses perpendicular magnetic orientation, requiring the read/write heads to fly on a boundary layer of gaseous fluid

[@Foebane72]

How is the air pressure inside and out equalised, then?

[@linchester8464]

@@Foebane72 breather holes

[@Foebane72]

Yes, what I mean is if that some drives have helium inside instead of air, and yet still have breather holes, how is the helium kept in and the air out?

[@linchester8464]

@@Foebane72 that part i have no idea how its gonna seal the gas from leaking away.

[@r100curtaincall]

Helium drives are fully sealed. They do not have breather holes. Only air ones do.

[@ChrisS-xj3of]

As soon as the drive was opened it was basically dead. They are assembled in clean rooms with people wearing basically hazmat suits due to dust. If any dust particles get in the drive they can cause the head to crash against the platter. Then any physical damage caused by that causes the head to try to get to a readable sector which most times it can't. Basically, the same thing as an old vinyl record skipping while trying to play music.

[@billdimz]

I really like these "What if" Videos!

[@AgustFannar90]

Best! The slow-mow part was funny :D

[@eccentricOrange]

This >>> Netflix

[@4G12]

This guy straight up admits to his own shilling. Honesty, so refreshing.

[@LoxinGamer]

It works as a blender for files?

[@JeffreyAllanBackowski]

Have you ever had a hard drive make a sound like a smoke detector but louder constant tone? I have, at first we thought it was the smoke detector, I smashed it up, but the noise wouldn't stop, finally figured out what it was and shut laptop down.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

RIP smoke detector.

[@JeffreyAllanBackowski]

@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 it was government smoke detector too.

[@d0tmaxx376]

5:36 close your eyes and listen for few seconds

[@Caffin8tor]

Way back in the 90's, I freaked out a buddy once after buying a brand new hard drive and bounced it off my steering wheel a few times on the drive home. As I expected, there was zero damage.

[@AmyraCarter]

7,200 RPM? Oh please; now try it with one that spins at 15,000 RPM (like my 1TB HDD).

[@whatsascrewdriver5572]

1 TB, 15,000 rpm -- that sounds like it was pretty expensive. I didn't know they make them as big as 1 TB. I assume they're dinosaurs in a world of SSDs.

[@haykg]

WhatsaScrewdriver? Lmao

[@PixelVogue]

Yeah cos thats not going to die either

[@akrillike]

The rmp does not change anything, even if it turns faster he moves anyway.

[@progect3548]

My computer made in early 2018 (January 13 2020) has a 921 GB hdd.

[@wc2006]

1:20 wait windows 7 sticker windows 10 winkey windows 10 *visible confusion*

[@debkumarganguly3160]

USE FLEX TAPE TO FIX YOUR HARD DRIVE. NOW I SAWED YOUR PC!! NOW THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE

[@nickamarit]

HD's are a lot tougher than most give them credit for. Excellent experiment TJ!!!

[@vighneshvighnesh844]

Hi. Interesting tutorial

[@haykg]

Vighnesh Vighnesh yeah excellent *tutorial*

[@user-ql2re2es9y]

Modern HDDs has this safety feature so you can't crash the read head into the drive platter. It also prevents the drive platter from scratching. With SSD, you're outta luck, it's a solid-state and nothing happens when you shake the drive.

[@davidholland7760]

0:13 I was shaking my laptop when you said this this comment was made by ssd gang

[@HeenaPatel253]

Ssd 🐐

[@ballsuckervr]

ssd gang

[@Hi-ef5bn]

Wsp

[@andremckenna2007]

I have also an ssd

[@mjyanimations1062]

I read a page. The hidden Center screw actually kept the actuators leveled. By removing it, the read head will scratch the platters

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

Lemme save you time. If you do it, your speed will decrease. Tried on: Lenovo Portable HDD

[@dimbulb23]

Nothing about this surprised me. In general, computer components are very robust. Many years ago (early 70's) I had hard drive filled with dirty water when a sprinkler system pipe broke and filled a computer room with about 15 inches of water. The water also destroyed the customers only backups which were on floppies in a cabinet next the pipe. I removed the drive, took it into our office, opened the drive and cleaned it with lint-free cloth and put it all back together. I then, install the drive in demo system and it ran long enough to backup everything. A new system arrived the next day and I restored the backup. It was a 13MB drive that was about the size of two jumbo pizza box stacked. I thijnk what saved the drive was that dirty water passed through filter and was cleaned to some degree. That was the era when we replaced read/write heads in the field.

[@xsmitin5689]

How to pause video?

[@Waldee84]

It's always nice to see something destroyed.

[@BrandonMk3Fez]

I once opened one of these and thought the disc was metal and tried to bend it but it shattered everywhere 🤦‍♀️

[@kr1v]

After I watch 10 sec: Now I know wye my previous hard drive was almost broken

[@alexanderpaterson9710]

ssds are just built different bro

[@sbalogh53]

And here I am being paranoid about slowly moving an external drive from its horizontal position to vertical while running.

[@GRBtutorials]

A lot of HDDs use a screw to tension the head, so maybe that was the problem? Try putting the cover back on.

[@pickelsvonbrine]

I use to be in data recovery. This kind of stuff can cause a head crash or the head can get stuck on the platter. Not fun.

[@hirokurobane9145]

There's usually 2 ends of that arm so both sides of the disk can be used, I'm guessing the "up" side end of the arm got shoved within the arm when the disk is spinning, and that's what's been making the screeching sound (7:01 part), though that could also be an actual design, only utilizing one side of the disk.

[@mo-s-]

The Vortex looks like a toaster

[@cosmo0080]

my 1 tb hd failed after it fell about 5 ft it just click now

[@jblbasstester6198]

cosmo ianiro maybe the actuator is stuck on the 0-Postiton. It happened to one of mine too. Try shaking it and hear if the actuator moves.(it makes a clicky sound) If it does, you may not recover it anymore,but if it doesn‘t,it‘s easy to fix just by shaking the drive a bit so it gets out of the 0-Postition.

[@cosmo0080]

i tried shaking it and it sounds like a very quiet spring in there moving

[@gregottorry2994]

just when the hard drive disc makes contact with the air and the dust.... ITS GAME OVER

[@thecarwashesandmorechannel2892]

From my experience, squeezing them is the best way to break them. It causes a contact with the plate, scratching it.

[@MrMarcec]

OMG a video that isn't fake?? From ThioJoe?!?! Are you serious?

[@ThioJoe]

I've been making real videos for 2 years genius

[@MrMarcec]

Good to see that you improved, @@ThioJoe, or should I say ThatJoke (of a channel)?

[@killertruth186]

@@ThioJoe I would say that the sarcasm was real too.

[@cristelware1787]

There are three settings on the votexer 1: "wussy mode" 2: "Really?" 3:"ok now its good" 4:"OMG STOOOOOPPPPPPPPP" 5: *machine explodes*

[@agostinhomatos321]

Most external HDD break just by the action of the gravity, when falling from a vertical position to the horizontal position, only a 90 degrees move, but sudden and kind of violent for the HDD that has no time to engage in the security feature that you tested in this video.

[@markschwartz9905]

Just incase anyone was interested, shaking the HDD while the computer is at idle, doesn't do much damage (suprisingly enough). However, if you are reading/writing to the drive while you are shaking, this will quickly destroy the hard drive. Inside the HDD, it looks like an old record player, when it's reading/writing, the "needle" (or read write head) is hovering right above the platters, where the data is actually stored. When it's reading/writing and the HDD gets shook, this needle (read/write head) bangs against the platters, this is what does the long term damage. laptops should remain stationary while you are reading or writing to the hard drive, otherwise this may happen (and is probably the main reason that laptop hard drives fail). Solid State Drives (SSD) do not have this problem, since there are no moving parts. So in addition to being much faster than the original hard drive, it can be damaged just from moving the computer.

[@josephanthonypartos3371]

6:28 PC DISK : hey bro stop uncovering me :( Thio : HEHEH

[@ananthanarayanann9194]

SSDs maybe better but HDDs are really awesome. One day those would carry a retro value just like vinyl and other retro stuff these days. The refinement and precision with the read heads are phonemenal, it's so awesome to watch. Manufacturers should make a HDD with a transparent case one day (maybe with RGB lighting for those who'll love it).

[@aretard7995]

WD Raptor X

[@kingssman2]

Since you got that awesome shaker. Try this with one a Western Digital RED or Gold drives as they are quoted "A multi-axis shock sensor automatically detects subtle shock events ,when combined with dynamic fly height technology, helps to adjust each read-write function to compensate for increased vibrations and protect data." As well as "Enhanced RAFF™ technology correct vibrations in real time for improved performance in high-vibration environments."

[@johndowlingjr.]

Haha! Kinda sounded like the drive was crying near the end there!

[@dylanchilders4527]

i love how you went from satire to being actually useful

[@anoopsrana]

"I wasn't even shaking it that hard..." The drive disagrees

[@NoEgg4u]

An impact test would be interesting. Rather than limiting the test to shaking, what about dropping the drive on a desk or hard floor? Or, hitting the drive with a hammer? Also, how about using the shaker for 20 minutes or so, while the drive is off. Does the drive keep its moving parts secured while off? Does the shaking, while off, not affect the reliability of the drive?

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

"No no no! Don't shake the HDD." :3 Alternative Joke: HDD: Who are you? SSD: I'm you, but stronger.

[@Graveskull]

Your final mission: *Diamond drill head hard drive phonograph* (Put a diamond tipped drill head directly to the surface of the hard disk and boot it up)

[@suspended67Animations]

I love how this KZbinr makes helpful videos AND entertaining videos.😊