surfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1817arrow-down118
arrow-up1799arrow-down1imageDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?lemmy.worldsurfrock66@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squaresurfrock66@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI’ve done some of that, recently I have an old putty knife and I will put it right against the crack and just hammer it which will unstick it enough that I can pull it off. Newer drives definitely have weaker magnets than some of my much older ones.
I’ve done some of that, recently I have an old putty knife and I will put it right against the crack and just hammer it which will unstick it enough that I can pull it off. Newer drives definitely have weaker magnets than some of my much older ones.