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6 comments

Jan 6, 2011. 7:08 AMpeu123 says:

Dangerous? how?

Mar 13, 2010. 9:18 AMrongjinxiao says:

These things seem hard to be found,and is it dangerous?

Dec 24, 2010. 2:04 AMhuck alexander says:

Hard to find? I can't find enough uses for all the IDE drives (especially those with low mem ratings) that I have laying around. People give them to me when they upgrade, buy a new PC, drive crash, etc. This is a great idea, and all the parts are basically laying around my workbench. Great Instructible!

Dec 15, 2010. 9:08 PM

hightekrednek2396 says:

what do you meen dangerous

May 12, 2011. 10:38 AMlperkins says:

It could theoretically be dangerous since the platters in some hard drives are sharp, and the magnets are ridiculously powerful...

Jul 30, 2011. 4:27 PMevilmadcow says:

yea, but after a bit they wear out.

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Ex-Navy Gunner Learned to repair I.T. equipment because nobody local knew what the hell they were doing!