Turn that dead HD into something useful
As an entertaining Friday afternoon aside to our discussion earlier this week about how to recover data from a dying hard disk, it turns out there's plenty of uses left for the ones that have finally stopped pining for the fjords.
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With this tutorial from HacknMod, you can turn your hard disk into a grinder or sander.
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You can make a windchime and a keychain out of the parts inside the hard disk. Classy!
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You can turn it into a speaker.
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Years ago, my dad used to make clocks out of the huge 14-inch disk platters he used in old HP 3000 minicomputers. Turns out you can do this with the smaller drives of today, too.
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Finally, if you acquire enough expired hard disks, you can make a huge domino set out of them.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Galley said 1:42PM on 6-29-2008
HD = High Definition
HDD = Hard Disk Drive
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aos said 2:07PM on 6-29-2008
I believe that should be "started pining for the fjords", not "stopped". I fart in your general direction.
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Dave S said 7:24PM on 6-29-2008
Refrigerator magnets. As in, The Best Damn Refrigerator Magnets Ever.
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John said 9:13PM on 6-29-2008
I use an old failed laptop drive to prop up the back of my macbook pro to aid in air circulation.
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Andy said 9:10AM on 6-30-2008
The magnets are great fun. I like the sander idea... known flat surface plus abrasive sheet makes for tool sharpening station.
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