View Full Version : What to do with the old Harddrives?
ReverendBob
03-25-2007, 02:04 PM
Well,
over the last few years, I've managed to aquire several low gig harddrives. While I could dump a distro of Linux on them, and bring ancient machines back to life, I just found them gathering dust. Sooo, I broke a couple open to see what they looked like. Then I had pieces all over the place. The wife wanted them gone, so I trashed most, but then had a brain hiccup. While this isn't a mod, it's something to do with leftover components. I'm sure the brains will start ticking eventually, and I'll come up with something else.
http://bp1.blogger.com/__EOFkLscQH0/Rga4RTaMXFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/TOs1NapvGl8/s320/Harddriveart1.jpg
Yes they spin. Three screws to hold the spindle to the board, then pressure holds the plates in place. Highly reflective, they can be used as a mirror. This is going up above my desk, so I can see who's coming up behind me.
luciusad2004
03-25-2007, 02:12 PM
I have a small laptop hard drive that i thought about trying to convert in to a compact mirror. Like the things girls carry around. I don't really know how to do it but i might figure it out someday. I was thinking of giving it to my Gf.
xmastree
03-25-2007, 03:21 PM
Right. I have that old 286 I bought. Haven't done anything with it yet, but it has two 20GB drives in there. They won't be IDE, so they're probably huge...
When I was doing my NVQ, we had an old HDD (like about 300Mb old...) and it would have made a cracking anchor..... was mahooooosive.
Would have made an effective weapon, too....
Redundant
03-25-2007, 07:51 PM
Would have made an effective weapon, too....
I can see it now: a geek samarai with HDD disks with sharpened edges instead of throwing stars. lol :D
ReverendBob
03-25-2007, 07:54 PM
Ummm,
Already thought of that. There's not enough mass to make them effective.
armadilloben
03-25-2007, 08:01 PM
LOL! I love it!
I have an oldr platter from a 6gig scsi, it's like 9 platters deep, and they are all on one spindle.. I like to roll it across the wood floors here :)
-Jeremy
funny i do the same thing with an old 8gb ata 66 drive my dad and i took apart + i through it at stuff like ninja stars when im bored or use it as a coaster:D
LOL! I love it!
I have an oldr platter from a 6gig scsi, it's like 9 platters deep, and they are all on one spindle.. I like to roll it across the wood floors here :)
-Jeremy
Back at tech school I invented a game called platter rolling.
Hard drive platters will roll for a long time down a street or hallway if tossed right.
The game was to see who could get them farther, or to bounce the highest and continue to roll after landing.
When I was doing my NVQ, we had an old HDD (like about 300Mb old...) and it would have made a cracking anchor..... was mahooooosive.
Would have made an effective weapon, too....
I can see it now: a geek samarai with HDD disks with sharpened edges instead of throwing stars. lol :D
I was more actually thinking of sticking it in a sack and swinging it...
Airbozo
03-26-2007, 11:17 AM
Back at Mc Donnell Douglas we used to throw these (the large one);
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/its/newsletter/2005/08/diskplattersm.jpg
Off the top of the hangar to see who could get them to fly farther...
Phear my disc throwing skilz!
Luke122
03-26-2007, 11:29 AM
Right. I have that old 286 I bought. Haven't done anything with it yet, but it has two 20GB drives in there. They won't be IDE, so they're probably huge...
:eek: :eek: :eek:
Are you sure you dont mean 20mb? :D
xmastree
03-26-2007, 01:16 PM
Are you sure you dont mean 20mb? :D
No. I'm not sure I don't mean 20MB ;)
Yes, of course, they are 20MB, not 20GB. (but not 20mb, which would be millibytes...)
You're a "breaveheart" kinda dude, aren't you?
Bloody right.
Give me a broadsword and battleaxe over a fly-by-wire guided missile anyday.
Redundant
03-26-2007, 05:39 PM
Bloody right.
Give me a broadsword and battleaxe over a fly-by-wire guided missile anyday.
I'll stick with my missiles and big red button thank-you-very-much. :banana:
EDIT: ^This reminded me of this (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end.php) so much. lol
Ichbin
03-26-2007, 05:41 PM
this thread TOTALLY remind me of this.
http://www.afrotechmods.com/cheap/hdspeakers/hdspeakers.htm
xRyokenx
03-26-2007, 06:07 PM
Launch ze missiles! But I am le tired... Then take a nap, and then launch ze missiles! Heh heh, they went crazy over that movie in Gov't...
Redundant, that was just weird.....
Kept me quiet for a coupla' mins though....
armadilloben
03-26-2007, 08:38 PM
Launch ze missiles! But I am le tired... Then take a nap, and then launch ze missiles! Heh heh, they went crazy over that movie in Gov't...
i belive its "well i am le tired.... well, have a nap..... THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES! w/e that and "the backstreet boys are gay" were my favorite all time flash videos
xRyokenx
03-26-2007, 08:48 PM
Ahh, close enough... who really cares how accurate it is so long as it at least resembles what it's supposed to represent...
i have an old 40MB HDD formatted in FAT, with WIn 3.11 on it, and a few old dos games, im currently using it as a paperweight. About 2" tall.
Likewise, i would rather have a battle axe and broadsword over anything else.
AJ@PR
03-27-2007, 11:14 AM
Back at Mc Donnell Douglas we used to throw these (the large one);
Off the top of the hangar to see who could get them to fly farther...
Phear my disc throwing skilz!
Hey, AB,
How much space did those things store?
How many platters did a typical drive use?
wow... :up: :up:
jdbnsn
03-27-2007, 09:05 PM
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/jdbnsn/misc/_hard_drive_platter_bike_2.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/jdbnsn/misc/_hard_drive_platter_bike.jpg
ReverendBob
03-27-2007, 09:59 PM
Well, now don't I feel rather insignificant.
Excuse me whilst I go make a snowman out of playdoh.
GT40_GearHead
03-28-2007, 04:14 AM
i actualle tried the HDD speaker thing hell yeah, it works !
to bad the plater motor died after half of song lol, the arm still works though
a nother interesting thing is that if you remove the sticker that is over a whole on the side and put the lid back it sound even better :D
jdbnsn
03-28-2007, 04:19 AM
I was curious about that, wasn't sure how the speaker even worked.
GT40_GearHead
03-28-2007, 05:38 AM
well the seek arm/s moves VERY fast just like a speaker membrane
the same principle applies to the platters, the disk don't do full rotations, they just rotate a few degrees, but they do so at the same speed a speaker membrane would
simon275
03-28-2007, 06:05 AM
I'll stick with my missiles and big red button thank-you-very-much. :banana:
EDIT: ^This reminded me of this (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end.php) so much. lol
WTF ^^ "Mate"
GT40_GearHead
03-28-2007, 06:20 AM
"f#cking kangaroos "
shiiiiit is almost droped the coffee on me self
ps: wtf i cant say F**K no more whaaaa :(((
Cool motorbike.. bet there's some hours in that...
jdbnsn
03-28-2007, 02:17 PM
I was asked by a couple of folks where I got the photos of the HDD bike, I found it and several other interesting old HDD projects (including the speaker mentioned earlier) on http://hackedgadgets.com
DaveW
03-28-2007, 02:22 PM
I can see it now: a geek samarai with HDD disks with sharpened edges instead of throwing stars.
You mean ninja. You'll only see a Samurai with a throwing star if it's sticking out his chest.
-Dave
xmastree
03-28-2007, 02:36 PM
How about a hard drive click?
http://alan-parekh.com/hard_drive_clock.html
Redundant
03-28-2007, 03:49 PM
I'm glad I could make you guys laugh. mwahahaha :D
You mean ninja. You'll only see a Samurai with a throwing star if it's sticking out his chest.
Yeah, you're right. I'm not much of an expert on Asian history
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