A dead hard drive story…

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A dead hard drive story…

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Here’s a nice story about how someone fixed their own hard drive. I like how they documented the entire process from figuring out what type of screws to use to swapping out the parts from a new drive to the old one. Link.

0 thoughts on “A dead hard drive story…

  1. deanh says:

    yeah, I did this same thing a while back. I dropped some bare, hot wires into my open case (don’t ask) and hit the HD. bought the same drive off ebay and switched the PCBs.

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