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Hard Drive Window

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-shouldn't dept.

Xx Shinwa xX writes "This guy has done what was thought to be impossible: he has opened his hard drive and installed a clear acrylic window. And it still works. I would love to try this, if I had the guts."

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  1. Usefool by biocute · · Score: 5, Funny

    This guy deserves a usefool entry.

    One day I'll get around to making a window for my CDROM, so that I can see what's going on when there's no CD inside.

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    1. Re:Usefool by MarkGriz · · Score: 5, Funny

      "One day I'll get around to making a window for my CDROM, so that I can see what's going on when there's no CD inside."

      Excellent. Maybe this same technology can be applied to a refrigerator so we can see what happens when the door is closed.

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    2. Re:Usefool by cyberchondriac · · Score: 5, Funny

      The light is in a state of superposition:
      It is both on and off !

      Oh, it's a Quasar refrigerator ? I thought you said quantum !
      ;-)

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    3. Re:Usefool by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Eh, so someone installs Windows on his hard disk and it's news? Why no, I didn't RTFA

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  2. Re:Cool... but by danieljpost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blue LED's hadn't been invented yet when this story was news.

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  3. Re:Yippy-Skippy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    " This drive is BRAND NEW (still in the static wrap) sitting right next to me as I type this. Personally, I think the hardest part of this whole mod was gluing (Did I spell that right? lol.) the plexi back onto the drive cover."

    For you maybe, but I suspect the hardest part for most anyone else would be finding a friend stupid enough to ruin a brand new hard drive.

  4. I've run a naked drive for a week by yeremein · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was writing a disk imaging utility for my company and I had to deal with bad sectors properly. Couldn't find a drive with bad sectors so I decided to make one. I pulled the cover off an old hard drive and hooked it up to my machine, figuring the dust would cause bad sectors soon enough.

    The blasted thing ran just fine for a week.

    Eventually I tried writing on the platter with a dry-erase marker while it was spinning. That didn't even kill it. But a little scratch with a screwdriver killed it dead.

  5. No, see... by paranode · · Score: 5, Funny

    He installed Windows and it still worked.