DIY USB "Hard Drive"

Step 6: Flash Me!

Now add your Flash Drives, you may have to remove the casing for some to fit well.

Comments

[mrmouseboy2]

With my usb hard drive i can't get the motor thingy that connects to the platter. So i only have 1 4gb flash drive in it. Your usb hard drive is cool though.

[Marcos]

 Last time I took one apart, I think I had to drill out the screw for the "motor thingy", also known as the spindle.  ;-)

[Gabse]

Kipkay

[riekard]

so...does anyone know where to get dirt cheap flash drives???

[bendog38]

CVS

[rebelgrunt]

ebay???

[Adam Manick]

Ebay

[shenzer]

nowdays flash drives are 4gb for 10 so its pretty cheap

[uberdum05]

Ebay or dealextreme :)

[menababu]

most of time i get good deal from buy.com
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[kenith1999]

Staples is offering 4 gig drives this week for $6.95 each

[nabukadnazar]

in china :)

[irishjim68]

Wal Mart

[TSC]

Walmart does not sell flash drives cheap! Microcenter  is way cheaper!

[neivadan]

ya i know u can get em at staples,future shop,best buy,u can even make ur own.

[riekard]

cool, but i wanna try and make my own, how would i go about it?? what do i need?

[Nxtfari]

um, thats what the instructions are for

[riekard]

...this build doesnt mention anthing about makin your own flash drives

[Nxtfari]

Oh, sorry, I thought you said you wanted to make the USB Hard Drive. To make your own flash drive would be pretty hard. I mean, Its got over 100 pieces that have to be soldered together perfectly on a circuit board. You'd be better off buying one. They're like $10 for a pack of three.

[willrandship]

Go to sciplus.com and you can get some incredibly cheap 512MB ones.

[flame boyyyy]

512 is as much as my old desktops ram size and it is pretty slow dont go with 512 man.

[account3r2]

That's how much RAM my current laptop has... I need an upgrade sometime...

[hightekrednek2396]

512 wont get you very far with any thing i got a 4gb microsd and other accesories came withit at target

[Adam Manick]

You can get a 256 gigabyte flash drive for around 650 US dollars. That is 1024 gigabytes for 2600 dollars. That would be so amazing but for such a big cost.

[flargman98]

amazon is good i got a 16 GB flashdrive for 26 bucks

[cincodenada]

 Ha great idea!  And it looks like MAKE has added credit and a link back here, if they hadn't originally.

[jj.inc]

 Do all of the flash drives become one or are they all still separate, or can you do something with programing

[grino]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x2rZe2Z9as

[grino]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij3B3ujQtpY&feature=related

[supercrazytutorials]

ahh ok mand know i know how it wirks 10x alot

[mytechuniverse]

You could also salvage some cool rare earth magnets from the drive, but be careful and don't take them near an HDD.

[Minifig666]

 Why do you say "Don't take them near a HDD" but yet the sit rught next to it for the HDD's entire life. In order to damage a HDD with magnets you would have to rub the platters with them.

[lukeyj15]

 Yeah, they're really dangerous. I've got a scar on my arm where I was doing the party trick of putting a magnet on either side of my wrist. The magnets slid and pinched a fold of skin. It took like a full minute to get them apart and the skin was standing up rigid for half an hour. So be warned.

[geekdude]

i have like 5 of those on my fridge. they're fun.

[jacob5680]

 VERY fun. :P I have a bunch on my fridge too.

[Mawin]

Nice Job hahahaha

[bl4ckh34d]

wew nice n funny huhuhu... good jobs

[cybergod]

Now that is funny. I am definitely going to do this to an old HDD. I reckon some friends will get a real kick out of it.

[kyleg001]

:-)

[TheFawns]

lol thats awesome! :)

[staticsman]

man that is a really great idea!

[cromer2009]

Great idea...

[4113n]

if you need space the usb flash drive cases are easy to remove

[Koil_1]

Yet again, shrink wrap is your best friend. That and some potting epoxy.