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Thread ID: 74809 2006-12-06 04:13:00 Hard drive problems - a thing of the past! pcuser42 (130) PC World Chat
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504533 2006-12-06 04:13:00 www.youtube.com pcuser42 (130)
504534 2006-12-06 04:34:00 Ha ha, that is good :D

I had an old HDD that was dead so I decided to see how strong it was :cool: I ended up throwing it up in the air (to land on the road) as high as I could, it was air born for about 5-10 sec and then BANG!!! it hit the ground, I looked at the massive hole in the tarmac and looked at the HDD and there was almost no damage :eek:
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
504535 2006-12-06 06:13:00 A faint sounding of Butters from Southpark in his voice when he drops it ^_^ trinsic (6945)
504536 2006-12-07 09:56:00 A faint sounding of Butters from Southpark in his voice when he drops it ^_^

lol i reckon


that guy in the video was stupid man, i've dropped my current hard drive atleast twice now and it still works - they are meant to take up to 80g (force, not weight) so i dont see how throwing them will do anything

a sledge hammer on the other hand.....
motorbyclist (188)
504537 2006-12-07 19:58:00 Hard drives have two ratings 1st around 20G while operating and 2nd around 200G non-operating. 200G looks good but it's only a drop from a desk to a concrete floor. Advice on another forum from an engineer that makes drives was that if what you did would break an egg it would do some damage to your drive. PaulD (232)
504538 2006-12-08 02:06:00 Hard drives have two ratings 1st around 20G while operating and 2nd around 200G non-operating. 200G looks good but it's only a drop from a desk to a concrete floor. Advice on another forum from an engineer that makes drives was that if what you did would break an egg it would do some damage to your drive.

well my seagate still works:D
motorbyclist (188)
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