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The irony is that spinning rust is everything but ;) Most platters are made of glass, or maybe aluminum. I learned this the hard way when dismantling and abusi
by RicoElectrico 5y ago
The irony is that spinning rust is everything but ;) Most platters are made of glass, or maybe aluminum.
I learned this the hard way when dismantling and abusing a dead HDD. Had to vacuum all the tiny shards from the floor.
- AndrewStephens 5y agoThe rust in this case is the iron oxide coating on the inert platters.
- unknown_error 5y agoSoooo all my data is stored on magnetized rust?
- AndrewStephens 5y agoYep. See [0] for a demonstration of do-it-yourself audio tape but the same applies for hard drives. https://youtu.be/g1JlUcFKm5o?t=537 https://youtu.be/g1JlUcFKm5o?t=537
- unknown_error 5y agoHah, this is amazing! I wish they taught that in schools. I don't know who they are but they're like a mix between Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, and the Mythbusters. Cool duo. Great old video. Thanks for sharing. Terrifying goose though.