Such perfection. Even though they are slower, bulkier and more failure prone than SSDs, it's a shame HDDs are being replaced and with a good reason, at least at consumer level.
I have taken apart a lot of hard drives and have many of those magnets. They are very strong. I use them for many things. They are hard to remove from the plate, but it can be done.
Do you know what size screwdriver you need for opening ? I opened the case but the bolts holding the disks are even smaller, too small for my scredriver.
I had the same hard drive in my computer and it suffered the same death. It doesn’t exist anymore as I had it as a wall decoration, and it got scratched up so I kept the platters and threw the rest out
It is complex and moving, which means it is susceptible to failure. I would like to use SSD's for media storage, but they are still too expensive for that. I hope there would be some sort of more reliable HDD replacement, a cheaper storage that is not as unreliable as spinning hard disks.
Dude… I can’t believe it. Your hand is literally in the way on so many parts of this video. Most importantly, the final platter is what I’m stuck on. I cannot seem to remove the lowermost disk from my western digital assembly. And I was hoping that you would reveal what it takes to get it out. Everything else has been gutted. There’s nothing else to remove. just last platter, and the crown or hub that’s holding it in appears to have no screws - at least none that fit my collection of hexes.
What if this was a working HDD and you never left a fingerprint on the discs or did any sort of damage to it while taking it apart, but as you assambled it again, you installed the data discs in a different order, would your HDD stop functioning properly?
No, it would never work perfectly again, even if you took the cover off for a few seconds. All of those disks are synced together, and if they are out of alignment, the tracks and data on the disks do not match up. When the drive is manufactured the sectors and servo tracks (servo tracks tell the drive where it is on the disk so the drive can reliably store and retrieve information) are synced together so if any of the disks go out of alignment the drive will no longer even initialize and show up because the data does not match up. Hopefully this makes sense. Now on a drive with a single platter / disk this is not an issue because there is only one disk therefore it does not have to be in alignment or sync with other disks.
Reason why I am interested in dismantling these HD is harvesting the Neodymium magnets. These sweet babies are excellent as bolt & screw holders but you can utilize them in other ways. Like a ref magnet. Good luck prying it out once it sticks to the door.. :😂
Incredible video! Is there any way to read these individual discs? My 4TB HD won't boot, but it has all of my Life on it.... Is there a Reader that I could buy to read the individual Discs? How would a Forensics Lab read them? Anyone know? Thanks for this detailed and so interesting video. I'll look for more. - Ken in Hawaii 8/24/24
i need to talk to an expert. since you take apart your harddrive, is it possible to clean up from defectiveness? i took apart one of my hardrive for extra memories. the hardrive worked for a while then out of the blue, it stopped working. i still believe it could be dirty and needs cleaning. i'm the type that keep cds in perfect condition since i'm pretty strict with having friends in my room playing videogames of kids. people tear up things so i'm very sensitive about it
Once you open up a hard drive, the inside gets contaminated and it can't be relied on anymore. There are data recovery firms with the necessary clean room and equipment to recover data off of damaged hard drives though.
a great place to hide your secret stash of money or drugs, no wife thinks of touching husband's important data storage and no burglar has the thought that their victim hid valuable stuff inside these things...
The magnets are nice! Probably some of the strongest magnets you'll have around the house - maybe you can use it in some project where you need to hang something on the wall.
Very informative. Shows your passion about the engineering that goes into building of these drives.
12:21 Does anybody know, what that white box near the spindle is? It's super soft, like a microfiber cloth.
I disasembeled 2 desktop hard drives prior to watching this video. You did a nice job with your explanation.
Such perfection. Even though they are slower, bulkier and more failure prone than SSDs, it's a shame HDDs are being replaced and with a good reason, at least at consumer level.
I have taken apart a lot of hard drives and have many of those magnets. They are very strong. I use them for many things. They are hard to remove from the plate, but it can be done.
this really helped for my college project
T8 torx screw driver?
Do you know what size screwdriver you need for opening ? I opened the case but the bolts holding the disks are even smaller, too small for my scredriver.
It would be helpful if they didnt assume we knew which tools to use. So which T-driver is being used here to open this case? (T1. T2, T3, etc.)
I had the same hard drive in my computer and it suffered the same death. It doesn’t exist anymore as I had it as a wall decoration, and it got scratched up so I kept the platters and threw the rest out
Any one knows how to take out the middle spinner?
It is complex and moving, which means it is susceptible to failure. I would like to use SSD's for media storage, but they are still too expensive for that. I hope there would be some sort of more reliable HDD replacement, a cheaper storage that is not as unreliable as spinning hard disks.
Ssds are so much cheaper now
Dude… I can’t believe it. Your hand is literally in the way on so many parts of this video. Most importantly, the final platter is what I’m stuck on. I cannot seem to remove the lowermost disk from my western digital assembly. And I was hoping that you would reveal what it takes to get it out. Everything else has been gutted. There’s nothing else to remove. just last platter, and the crown or hub that’s holding it in appears to have no screws - at least none that fit my collection of hexes.
12:21 see that pointy rubber thing in the front? pull it out and turn the HDD upside down. The disks will fall out.
Is it possible to get to that last spinning part?
The last is the motor
Yes we can
What if this was a working HDD and you never left a fingerprint on the discs or did any sort of damage to it while taking it apart, but as you assambled it again, you installed the data discs in a different order, would your HDD stop functioning properly?
No, it would never work perfectly again, even if you took the cover off for a few seconds. All of those disks are synced together, and if they are out of alignment, the tracks and data on the disks do not match up. When the drive is manufactured the sectors and servo tracks (servo tracks tell the drive where it is on the disk so the drive can reliably store and retrieve information) are synced together so if any of the disks go out of alignment the drive will no longer even initialize and show up because the data does not match up. Hopefully this makes sense. Now on a drive with a single platter / disk this is not an issue because there is only one disk therefore it does not have to be in alignment or sync with other disks.
@@cdos9186 Thanks for your explination 😊
Can you tell me if you can easily remove the motor in order to have a hole where the motor is
I want to build a clock
Reason why I am interested in dismantling these HD is harvesting the Neodymium magnets. These sweet babies are excellent as bolt & screw holders but you can utilize them in other ways. Like a ref magnet. Good luck prying it out once it sticks to the door.. :😂
Incredible video! Is there any way to read these individual discs? My 4TB HD won't boot, but it has all of my Life on it.... Is there a Reader that I could buy to read the individual Discs? How would a Forensics Lab read them? Anyone know? Thanks for this detailed and so interesting video. I'll look for more. - Ken in Hawaii 8/24/24
A data recovery specialist is who you need. You’re unlikely to get very far with the tools they have, unfortunately.
btw these HDD magnets are amazing
i need to talk to an expert. since you take apart your harddrive, is it possible to clean up from defectiveness? i took apart one of my hardrive for extra memories. the hardrive worked for a while then out of the blue, it stopped working. i still believe it could be dirty and needs cleaning. i'm the type that keep cds in perfect condition since i'm pretty strict with having friends in my room playing videogames of kids. people tear up things so i'm very sensitive about it
Once you open up a hard drive, the inside gets contaminated and it can't be relied on anymore. There are data recovery firms with the necessary clean room and equipment to recover data off of damaged hard drives though.
very informative vid. ty
Good vid mate
The three disks inside the hdd , what exactly are they made of?
Karanveer Singh Dulku They’re usually aluminum or glass with special coatings. I believe this one is aluminum.
@@riveducha oh , thanks for letting me know . I'm very keen as to hoe exactly is the data written on and off of these disks
Is it possible to recover the data from the disk alone?
Yes! If you can find a disk recovery service with the right gear ...
a great place to hide your secret stash of money or drugs, no wife thinks of touching husband's important data storage and no burglar has the thought that their victim hid valuable stuff inside these things...
Awesome
Good
Nice vid
He ply with hard drive 🤣
nice video,i got 3 spare of zero health hdd,dont how to make usable anymore maybe ill just take those screws or magnets for future use,hehehe,
The magnets are nice! Probably some of the strongest magnets you'll have around the house - maybe you can use it in some project where you need to hang something on the wall.
I've never seen a person struggle so much trying to dismantle an HDD.