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Clear Hard Drive Mods

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the please-don't-test-on-my-drives dept.

Baloo Ursidae writes "In the spirit of the case window kit and the clear PC case, there are people who have made hard drive windows, and apparently they're not alone." That ladies and gentlemen, takes balls.

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  1. Consider the source by Havokmon · · Score: 1, Troll

    You many think I mean the guy who says "My HD works just fine after I opened the case", but I'm not.

    Manufacturers SCARE you with "You MUST open this in a Clean Room, or you will have an unworking drive." Companies do that crap all the time.

    Personally, I think that's bullshit. If people knew they could take a platter with data they needed, and move it to a working drive for $200 (the cost of a new drive), they wouldn't spend THOUSANDS to have a company do it for them. Just check out the ads in the back of Computer Shopper.

    How many of you who claim a clean room is needed, have ever TRIED taking apart a HD, and putting it back togerther? I have, and it worked fine.

    You people open TV's and VCR's and PC Power Supplies (I know you do, because I do), why havn't you opened a HD?

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    "I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
  2. This is so obviously bullshit by twjordan · · Score: 1, Troll
    That drive is 6 years old, I think its a 1.2 gig drive. Putting saran wrap on your platters is completely retarded... saran wrap works on static... static fucks up electronics AND it attracts dust. You can see in at least one of the photos where there is dust all over the HD platter.


    He writes at the begining of the page about how hard drives are specially sealed with ventilation etc. Well, I'm pretty sure his high school shop class job on cutting the plexiglass, hd case, and putting it all together might let a little bit more than air in.


    I'm calling bullshit!