{"id":67,"date":"2011-12-21T22:47:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T03:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/?p=67"},"modified":"2013-01-04T20:48:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T01:48:47","slug":"67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/67\/","title":{"rendered":"Disassembling that hard drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finally got around to disassembling that hard drive in my room.<br \/>\nIt was \u00a0a Maxtor 8 Gb, still uses parallel ports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-68\" title=\"Hard disk without lid\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01291-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01291-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01291-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01291.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These uses star shaped screws.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what it looks like after I opened:<\/p>\n<p>It seems they have capacity for 4 disks, but only had 3 installed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AW1tKY34400\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A video here demostrating its working condition.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s more photos:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-69\" title=\"Disk platters\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01331-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01331-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01331-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01331.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The internal parts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01361.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70\" title=\"Drive arm\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01361-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01361-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01361-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The arm is lighter than it looks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All that&#8217;s left after\u00a0disassembling\u00a0is the milled aluminum casing &#8211; which is rather a work of art.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-71\" title=\"Hard disk casing\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01391-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01391-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01391-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunapi386.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_01391.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The whole thing milled from one block of aluminum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is rather neat &#8211; I opened one of these before, but didn&#8217;t take apart the disks as well. It&#8217;s hard to find unique screwdrivers that&#8217;ll allow you to turn these screws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I finally got around to disassembling that hard drive in my room. 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