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HDD with a clear cover

xentropa
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Would be quite cool, and I can't really think of a reason they couldn't do this (especially for normal-people drives that aren't helium-sealed)

Someone could probably replace the top of a hard drive with acrylic in a clean room.

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The looks would be easy ruined by scratches...

Such HDD would probably run a lil hotter and I think there have been such showcases... Linus took a look.

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I guess a HDD case should be conductive for EMC reasons.

HDDs remember data using magnetism. So EM waves inside the computer case could ruin the data, right?

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52 minutes ago, Dujith said:

Doesnt it also act as an EMI shield? 

Possibly, but metal magnets are usually much more resistant to radiation compared to charge based storage.

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1 hour ago, xentropa said:

Just a random thought but wouldn't it be cool if HDDs had clear covers?  You could see the movement of the heads, disks and all.

I think there are hdds with clear covers..... even linus had used one such hdd in a vid...

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see 10:00  in the vid....

 

 

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