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[Ed]

Eh the read write head... But you don't think Itd work swapping the  
disks? Or would swapping the read write head do it?

Ed Kraus

On Jul 21, 2010, at 10:06 AM, "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu 
 > wrote:

> What do you mean by "broke the needle"? Hard drives don't have  
> needles;
> they use somewhat more advanced technology than vinyl records.
>
> Go ahead and open an already broken hard drive. It is a good  
> educational
> experience and interesting to see all the tiny parts. But don't expect
> to be able to fix it at home. And if you open an already working  
> drive,
> don't expect it to work after being opened. It might. Or might not. A
> single speck of dust in the wrong place is enough to destroy a disk.
>
> On 2010-07-21 at 10:00:36, Ed wrote:
>> Ahh... k bumm... Was going to make my 80GB into a 500gb... Since I
>> broke the needle most likely... Gotta get the HD screw driver first
>>
>> Ed Kraus
>>
>> On Jul 21, 2010, at 9:50 AM, "Daniel A. Ramaley"
>> <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
>>
>>> wrote:
>>> Short answer: no. To swap disks from one hard drive to another you'd
>>> need identical electronics (same model drive, same revision
>>> firmware, etc.). You'd probably also need a clean room to do the
>>> work in.
>>>
>>> On 2010-07-20 at 22:10:58, Ed Kraus wrote:
>>>> Alrighty then... now here's a wild thought... I believe i can't do
>>>> it because of the chip on the hard drive.... But could i put the
>>>> disks of
>>>> 1 hard drive into another (that was originally smaller in hard
>>>> drive space)
>
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