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SkylakeAlex6700k
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I was just wondering what happens when you unplug an old IDE hard drive’s moles plug while it’s spinning. 

JUST WONDERING I SAID!!!

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3 minutes ago, SkylakeAlex6700k said:

I was just wondering what happens when you unplug an old IDE hard drive’s moles plug while it’s spinning. 

JUST WONDERING I SAID!!!

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it will stop spinning, any action happening will stop. you might loose/corrupt data.

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Just now, givingtnt said:

nice clickbait.. your titles have to make sense.

it will stop spinning, any action happening will stop. you might loose/corrupt data.

So I theoretically wouldn’t brick the drive?

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Just now, SkylakeAlex6700k said:

So I theoretically wouldn’t brick the drive?

shoudn't.
but your data's survival is at high risk.

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Probably a slight problem. You didn't try this, did you..?

Maybe... was messing around with my aunt’s old system she gave me. It was just a 250gb so if it’s ruined it’s not to big of a deal.

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Just now, givingtnt said:

shoudn't.
but your data's survival is at high risk.

There wasn’t any data on it, so there’s that.

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Just now, SkylakeAlex6700k said:

There wasn’t any data on it, so there’s that.

plug it back in, it should work fine.

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Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Let us know how it goes :D

Unfortunately it’s back home, and I’m on a day trip. I miss my desktop. :/

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If the drive had a lot running then way more risk due to the amount of data going to and fro, with it moving in and out of volatile cache mediums within the system, so lots of chances for it to go bad.

 

If its practically blank with not a lot on, probs will be fine.....

 

Give it a go if you've got hardware that can be killed if it goes wrong, it's always fun to try and see what happens!

 

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Just now, SkylakeAlex6700k said:

Unfortunately it’s back home, and I’m on a day trip. I miss my desktop. :/

My statement still stands xD

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

My statement still stands xD

Actually this is a pretty similar scenario to Paul and Kyle’s scrapyard wars build in s5. I wonder what caused that.

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