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DIY USB "Hard Drive"

Step 2Dismantle..

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9 comments

Nov 1, 2010. 3:25 AM

dog digger says:

At this step, SAVE THE MAGNETS. THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AND POWERFUL. Save them. they are also very cool and very strong.

Nov 8, 2009. 5:59 AMsupercrazytutorials says:

hye i was learned that if u expose a gard drive to air it wil be dameged! how did u open it and then it worked?

May 12, 2011. 10:36 AMlperkins says:

If you open a hard drive outside of a class three clean room, you'll get dust in it, which will cause it to wear out faster. It will still work just fine for quite a while usually though. Opening them up and replacing parts is one method for recovering data off of failing drives.

Jan 24, 2010. 12:31 PMsbacon says:

the drive is already dead

Dec 3, 2009. 9:08 PMcastothomas says:

as long as you don't touch the disks, the drive will be just fine. whoever told you about the air damaging the drive if opened simply didn't want you to do it, or forgotten to mention dust particles in the air. have a good one.

Nov 11, 2009. 6:45 PMtyler9613 says:

Honestly, it would help if you read (or reread) the 'ible.

He is not using the hard drive. He is merely using the HDD enclosure to house a hub with USB flash drives in it.

Mar 11, 2010. 9:46 AMTapeplayer says:

yes tyler9613 is right. He is only using the HDD case for the enclosure.

Dec 3, 2009. 7:54 AMshinji246 says:

This is disappointing as I was expecting to see the actual hard drive being used and converted, however it still makes for a cool looking flash drive :D

thanks for the tut!