Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 This WD 250GB Hard Drive went belly up so I decided to take photos inside of it using my Canon Rebel 300D. tsupersonic, +Raze and Thief000 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 So shiny :) There are a couple of pretty strong magnets in there, that are worth keeping. Flae_qui 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 The innards of hard drives always mesmerized me! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neu B Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 To me, the most insane thing about HDDs is the heads. They don't touch the platters but they can suck up the info from them. LOL yeah, sorry for the suck up term. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze_Zewi Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Keep the disc platter incase you are lost and need to signal a SOS :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Nice, this reminds me of something, has anyone seen a laptop drive from an external HDD but instead of a SATA header it has a mini USB connector ON the board? I had to try and recover data a couple of weeks ago and was lucky as I was able to bend the pins in the connector to get a stable connection. It was something I have never seen before. :wacko: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Nice pictures! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted November 20, 2013 MVC Share Posted November 20, 2013 I remember back in 2002 I had a 30GB or maybe it as a 60GB 10,000 RPM SCSI hard drive. Holy Christ that ****er was fast!. That thing booted Windows XP like nobodies business. But Holy ball sack did that hard drive get HOT, you would practically burn yourself if you were to touch it after an hour. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 The innards of hard drives always mesmerized me! I can see the poRn from here :s Jaybonaut and +Raze 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Might have to borrow that photo idea. And yeah, I rip em apart and keep the magnets. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ruby Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 The platters remind me of "gold records" in music certifications Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted November 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 20, 2013 Cool pictures. Sometimes I feel like a crow/raven because shiny things look cool to me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredFrost Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I think that voids the warranty. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596114651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 you should've tried connecting it and turning it on! It's full of win :P Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596135415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Make sure there aren't BitCoins on it. Thief000, Max Norris, Draconian Guppy and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596135445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moloko Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 really change up your lighting will make the photo really pop. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596246263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 So shiny :) There are a couple of pretty strong magnets in there, that are worth keeping. Don't stick them on skin though.... I was 15. I am now 26. Will never do that again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596246351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Anyone else get a little skeeved out by the dust on the platter? Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596246375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-?- Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 That is madness, How can such simplicity contain all our stuff of our computers ... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1188859-photos-of-inside-a-western-digital-250gb-hdd/#findComment-596417453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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