What to make from hard drive disks. What can be made from a dead hard drive? Preparing an old hard drive
Hi all! Actually the idea is not new. They say the Internet is full of such records, I haven’t seen it yet, the idea appeared on its own. I had the urge to, you know, urgently sharpen a knife and a screwdriver... But “OH GOD!” There is sandpaper in the garage, but at work there isn’t even a file... Well, we are “sysadmins”, simple people, and I went into the “bins of the Motherland” and got it... Old hard drive from PC...
We take scissors, screwdrivers, sandpaper, our HDD and double-sided tape
Everything we need.
Unscrew the bolts. The 7th bolt is always hidden under the sticker.
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Let's open it. and everything is so beautifully packaged there. glitters.
We unscrew the head drive and the head movement lever, magnets for experiments, the rest can be scrapped.
Unscrew the disk mounting cover and remove the washer above the disk, as well as the disk itself
Place the disc on the sandpaper, trace the contours and cut out
These are the bagels you get)
We glue double-sided tape onto our disk (you can also add glue to it, but it will be easier to replace the sandpaper with tape)
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SPARK))))
Well, about the operation of this device.
It is better to use fine sandpaper; the engine is rather weak for coarse ones. But I had enough for sharpening everything I needed, even a lot. Bye everyone!
And just for those who like to browse the site in search of interesting and useful things. As usual nowadays, old things are disposed of in the most in the usual way, this is thrown into landfills, but sometimes it happens that from an item that has broken down or lost its basic qualities, you can collect something useful, in other words, give it a second life. In this homemade product, the author shares with us the idea of creating a vacuum cleaner from hard drive, which is not capable of working as a storage device due to its long service life.
In order to assemble a vacuum cleaner with your own hands, we will be needed:
*A hard drive from a computer that is not capable of functioning normally as a storage device or is simply unnecessary.
*Plastic ribbon.
*Glue "second".
*Hacksaw blade for metal.
*Thick cardboard or thin plywood of your choice.
*Insulating tape.
*Thermal gun.
*A filter, which can serve as an unnecessary stocking, tights or sock.
Once all the components are available, you can begin making the vacuum cleaner.
The first step will be to disassemble the hard drive and free it from unnecessary parts that we will not need,
Be careful when disassembling, as many elements are glued with strong adhesive and if torn off you can get hurt.
When only the engine and the disk itself remain in our hard drive, we move on to gluing the blades, which in finished form will look like an impeller. With glue "second" should also be developed caution, since its drying time is an instant.
After this, we need to make a hole in the lid for air supply and exit from the system, we do this using a metal file.
Now you need to make an air duct from thick cardboard, as the author did.
We heat the hot glue gun and glue the air duct to the cover of our disk, for convenience we glue it at an angle.
The place on the back side where the air will come out must have a filter, otherwise debris will fly out, for this you can use a stocking or sock.
In order to complete the homemade product, you need to fix our filter with electrical tape and connect the computer's power supply, but if it is used separately, then you need to connect the green wire with the black wire, simulating the power button on the computer.
Before we start gutting your hard drive, let's talk about data security. A "dead hard drive" means that the drive is not functioning properly and any attempts you make to recover the data will programmatically were not successful. If the disk contains really important data, and you suspect that there may be an eccentric who will decide to get it, then erase the data so that it is not recoverable :). Although, if the only valuable thing on your screw was stolen rips of Bon Jovi concerts, then your hardware is ripe for all sorts of DIY projects (Do It Yourself projects).
Basically, all DIY projects with hard drives, can be divided according to the levels of technical knowledge and skill of the experimenter. Let's start from simple to complex :).
Extraction of spare parts
The simplest but most useful thing that can be obtained from a hard drive is magnets. IN hard drives Super strong magnets are used, and they can be used in any household. Here is an example of how one character built a knife holder for the kitchen. He took a wooden plank, extracted the core with a chisel, and stuffed magnets into it.
In general, of course, he did this in vain, because when a friend has knives at hand, it’s not far from everyday life :). It’s good that I didn’t catch the pans.
They are also often used to magnetize screwdrivers or as refrigerator magnets.
Let's add more creativity
Ordinary screw pancakes can be turned into a steampunk clock. To do this, you will need a few parts, which you can find in hobby stores, or try to discreetly borrow your granny's alarm clock.
And if “your hands are not for boredom,” then next you can assemble an LED clock from a hard drive.
You can also turn an old hard drive into a super-sensitive input device. You can see how a craftsman turned his old HDD into a DJ console.
Here is just a small sketch of interesting solutions from old pieces of iron.
It’s interesting how our readers use killed hard drives.
If you have an unnecessary, old, or maybe non-working hard drive lying around at home and, in addition, you like to do interesting nonsense, then you are in the right place. Today we will look at one more, besides the main, use of a hard drive. There is nothing sensible or useful in this, but I hope you will find it interesting.
What do we do with an old hard drive?
The hard drive rotates at breakneck speed during operation. The process of how a hard drive works can be found in the article What do you think will happen if the drive is spun up to breakneck speed and let go for a walk around the world? This is exactly what our old hard drive will do. The following describes the process that precedes this fun.
Preparing an old hard drive
To prepare an old hard drive for this event, you need to remove its cover and remove the hard drive head, which is used to read information. If everything is done correctly, the hard drive should look like this:
As you can see, removing the magnetic disk itself is no longer a problem. This is exactly the result we need to achieve: the magnetic disk should freely come off its burrow, but this does not need to be done yet. When the time comes, he will get down from there himself.
What do we do next?
After that, we need to connect power to our old hard drive. This should be done from the computer's power supply. If we connect power to the hard drive and supply electricity to the power supply, our drive will start spinning. This is what we are trying to achieve. Now slowly lower the hard drive to the floor and begin to gently tilt it so that the open side is closer to the floor. Somewhere in a perpendicular position (plus or minus a few degrees), the disk will be able to fly off its hole. You can help him with this. Here, make sure that the direction of rotation of the disk does not coincide with your location. As soon as the disc comes off, it will speed out of sight across the floor.
The principle is probably clear. It's like toy cars, the wheels of which need to be charged in reverse motion, after which they will go quite far. It’s the same here: we charge our disk with kinetic energy and lower it to the floor. But unlike a toy car, you need to be a little careful. Since some hard drives can spin up to 15,000 rpm, you have something like a cutting wheel in front of you. Therefore, there is no need to place fragile objects or close friends in the path of the old hard drive.
But you shouldn’t worry too much about safety. The untwisted disk runs perfectly straight, so you can choose its trajectory yourself and not be afraid that it will turn in the wrong direction. We did not observe any destructive actions in relation to the floor and wall (the only thing in my case that was not afraid of coming face to face with the disk).
This is how you can make a new toy out of an old hard drive.
You have purchased a new, fast solid state drive(SSD), and the old one is lying idle? Give him a new task and use him as external storage data. To do this, you only need a case with a SATA controller; it is available for both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch models. The latter require a power supply, while compact drives have enough power supply via a USB port.
Labor intensity: average, costs: 600 rubles.
Mini NAS on the router
Throughout home network do you need access to the same data? You don't need expensive and bulky network attached storage (NAS) to do this - a USB drive can do this task if it's connected to your router. Newer devices are equipped with a corresponding port.
First you need to format the USB drive from Windows OS in file system NTFS and then just connect it to the router. Moreover, the latter must have USB port and it must support the corresponding functionality. Now, typing 192.168.1.1 (or similar) into your browser's address bar will take you to the router's user interface.
Go to the USB Settings | Sharing to the storage device" (for TP-Link routers, for other devices the names of menu items may differ) and make sure that the disk starts.
To access data on your home network, it will be enough to Windows Explorer type an address like “\\192.168.1.1\Volume1”. Permanent connection is achieved by right-clicking on the folder to which you plan to allow access and selecting “Connect” network drive».
Labor intensity: low, costs: no
Flash drive instead of password
A small USB flash drive also has practical applications. For example, when you log into Windows, you can unlock your computer without entering a password. To do this, you will need the Rohos Logon Key tool (1450 rubles), Predator (650 rubles) or the free USBLogon (http://www.rohos.ru/products/rohos-logon-free/).
After installation, you need to select the connected USB drive and configure security settings. After entering Windows password The flash drive is ready for use. Unfortunately, working with USBLogon is complicated by the German-language interface, but even without knowledge of German it is easy to understand.
Labor intensity: average, costs: no
Flash drive for emergencies
When your computer no longer works the way it should, a bootable USB flash drive comes to the rescue. The Sardu tool (http://www.sarducd.it/) installs up to 20 different antivirus programs, and in addition, provides various versions of Linux and other software for providing “first aid”.
> Preparation: in the left sidebar the selected software is listed by category. Check the boxes next to the required programs. We recommend choosing several antiviruses and a version of Linux (for example, Ubuntu).
> Creating a flash drive: On the right sidebar, click on the USB drive symbol. You can start creating bootable flash drive.
> Emergency use: To use a bootable flash drive in the event of an “accident”, you need to change the boot sequence from drives in BIOS Setup.
In this case, you should set the boot priority from USB to HDD. Then select from the list the necessary program. Don't forget to undo changes to the BIOS after "repairing" your computer.
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