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I had an old external SCSI hard drive that was failing and needed to get rid of...so decided to have a little fun & disassemble it. 4 photos of the process below. I usually keep all the screws (never know what they might come in handy for with other electronics projects)...and there were a couple of really strong rare earth magnets to hang onto.
And the part you usually don't see...the destruction of the HD platters. This 3.5" HD had aluminum platters...so I bent & scratched them up as best as possible. Other hard drives can have glass/ceramic platters...and when you hit them with a hammer or squeeze them with a pair of pliers...they will literally shatter just like glass (hard drive data definitely not recoverable after that)!
- Nick
And the part you usually don't see...the destruction of the HD platters. This 3.5" HD had aluminum platters...so I bent & scratched them up as best as possible. Other hard drives can have glass/ceramic platters...and when you hit them with a hammer or squeeze them with a pair of pliers...they will literally shatter just like glass (hard drive data definitely not recoverable after that)!
- Nick