What can you do to a 4GB IDE HDD?

[milesuy]

What can you do to a 4GB IDE HDD? (Yes a four gigabyte HDD)

I have some old hard drives that I took out from my old computers, since I have sensitive information in there. Now, I was able to clean the hard drives and delete all of my information.

Its completely working with no errors or bad sectors too.

 

Would someone even want/use a 4GB HDD now?
Are there other uses for it today?

 

 

Edit: The photo is a 40GB HDD, but I also have another HDD that is 4GB, from my Pentium III PC.

Edited July 24, 2020 by milesuy

[mahyar]

for collection else garbage and e waste

[mahyar]

btw that is 40GB not 4 you can buy an adaptor and use it

[Djole123]

(It's actually a 40GB drive )

 

Although you said it has no bad sectors, I personally wouldn't trust a Maxtor hard drive, especially not one that's just about to celebrate its 16th birthday. You could keep it as a collector's item, or perhaps find an IDE to SATA adapter and perhaps use it for less important data.

[homeap5]

You can use it as slow, heavy and loud pendrive if you buy adapter. :)

[porina]

Unless you're into building retro computers, it's probably best to point it in the direction of recycling.

[Chris Pratt]

Doorstop?

[nox_]

Make a clock out of it?

[FAHEYGF87]

Is there someone in your life that displeases you?......murder weapon.

 

You're welcome.

[sub68]

I run this sometimes

take out the read/write head and plug in the hard drive

and watch the disk spin

[Kanna]

7 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I run this sometimes

take out the read/write head and plug in the hard drive

and watch the disk spin

That is calming, but I sometimes just want to touch it 

[sub68]

Just now, Kanna said:

That is calming, but I sometimes just want to touch it 

i do touch the disk

this was on a hard drive that died

[Kanna]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

i do touch the disk

this was on a hard drive that died

Yeah but something that would be cool is make a big just wood plate with a bunch of open hdd's (would cause earthquakes :D)

[sub68]

Just now, Kanna said:

Yeah but something that would be cool is make a big just wood plate with a bunch of open hdd's (would cause earthquakes :D)

oh my I love this idea

[Kanna]

3 minutes ago, sub68 said:

oh my I love this idea

Going to go on a hunt on facebook for old drives and make the idea real (but the power consumption tho)

[sub68]

3 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Going to go on a hunt on facebook for old drives and make the idea real (but the power consumption tho)

or cregslist or ebay

[Kanna]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

or cregslist or ebay

We don't have that here we do but facebook is much bigger here and a better community in local

[sub68]

Just now, Kanna said:

We don't have that here we do but facebook is much bigger here and a better community in local

huh that's weird but ok carry on

[Kanna]

2 minutes ago, sub68 said:

huh that's weird but ok carry on

Well I live high up in Sweden and only the capital has a craigslist site, and ebay isn't wonderful shipping to here

[sub68]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

Well I live high up in Sweden and only the capital has a craigslist site, and ebay isn't wonderful shipping to here

oh ok

[Kanna]

37 minutes ago, sub68 said:

oh my I love this idea

How would I power it tho?

[sub68]

13 hours ago, Kanna said:

How would I power it tho?

old atx power supplies and https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-power-up-an-ATX-Power-Supply-without-a-PC/

[Kanna]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

old atx power supplies and https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-power-up-an-ATX-Power-Supply-without-a-PC/

Heard you also can wire them to usb if you have a spare molex to sata and a usb cable

[sub68]

Just now, Kanna said:

Heard you also can wire them to usb if you have a spare molex to sata and a usb cable

huh never heard of this before

[Kanna]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

huh never heard of this before

What about we move to private messages