Salvaging a hard-drive

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controljunkies
 
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Salvaging a hard-drive

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So, I had a 500GB 3.5" drive go down. Is there anything worth salvaging to put into the "kit" and keep for a rainy-day project? Also, I'd like to thank you Ladyada for my new obsession with electronics, especially the Arduino.

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controljunkies wrote:So, I had a 500GB 3.5" drive go down. Is there anything worth salvaging to put into the "kit" and keep for a rainy-day project? Also, I'd like to thank you Ladyada for my new obsession with electronics, especially the Arduino.
Hard drives are neat for lots of things. One idea is that you could gut the thing and use the case as a unique enclosure. Challenge yourself to build something complex that fits entirely within that small space.

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You could take the platters out and save them for a rainy day. Someday you may build a robot, and with those shiny discs on the wheels you'd look like you were rollin on dubs. ;)

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no one said magnets yet!

"Magnets."

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