What to do with old HHD?

[Nipplemilk909]

Hello I wanted to see if there anything else I can do with an old HHD other than crush it and throw it away..? Its a 320 gig 7k rpm. 

[SLAYR]

Put stuff on it, like use it to backup important files.

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Put stuff on it, like use it to backup important files.

aka porn

 

[Nipplemilk909]

5 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

Put stuff on it, like use it to backup important files.

Say the old HHD has a virus, plugging in this HHD to a new comp would transfer an infection to the new one right ?

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Nipplemilk909 said:

Say the old HHD has a virus, plugging in this HHD to a new comp would transfer an infection to the new one right ?

No, just plug it in and format it.

[Moderateshadow]

Just now, Nipplemilk909 said:

Say the old HHD has a virus, plugging in this HHD to a new comp would transfer an infection to the new one right ?

depends on the virus. some may transfer. some may stay on that drive with the affected files. 

 

id wipe it, do an os backup and store it

[ARikozuM]

27 minutes ago, Nipplemilk909 said:

Hello I wanted to see if there anything else I can do with an old HHD other than crush it and throw it away..? Its a 320 gig 7k rpm. 

Bada$$ bling, dawg! Walking through the hood, wearing my chain, showing the homies my 3.5" HDD platters! Now including decent grammar and punctuation.

 

#GeekLyfe

[UndueHatred]

Crack it open and dig the magnets out. Work great for magnetic trays and the like. 320GB is it SATA? 1, 2, or 3? Seriously. Just crack it open, HDD's are very cheap.

[spellmanuk]

Blow it up with c4 and film it in slow motion

[SamuelJE]

5 hours ago, Nipplemilk909 said:

Say the old HHD has a virus, plugging in this HHD to a new comp would transfer an infection to the new one right ?

It is more than possible for that to happen. If you have access to a mac or unix pc, format it on that, those systems almost never (or never at all in my experience) get viruses.

[it_dont_work]

4 hours ago, UndueHatred said:

Crack it open and dig the magnets out. Work great for magnetic trays and the like. 320GB is it SATA? 1, 2, or 3? Seriously. Just crack it open, HDD's are very cheap.

the magnets are great, I use a couple in the shed to find screws and stuff i drop.

[TetraSky]

I personally just make coasters with the drive platters. It's all shiny, can see my reflection in them, they are basically mirrors, without being fragile.

[LogicalDrm]

Like with any other electronics you have no use. Either sell it or give it to local recycling center.

[WkdPaul]

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