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Disassembling hard drives - worth it?

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Sagan Disassembling hard drives -... 04-20-2012, 03:37 PM
AuburnEwaste Unless you are really bored,... 04-20-2012, 03:55 PM
faulguy A few months ago, I did a... 04-20-2012, 04:00 PM
miked I do break them down... 04-20-2012, 05:33 PM
Drummer016 I just pull the boards off... 04-20-2012, 06:37 PM
mikedmissouri I weighed some out and the... 04-20-2012, 06:48 PM
Arkad Use a T-9 bit in a cordless... 04-20-2012, 06:52 PM
drozenski I find that it does a few... 04-20-2012, 07:53 PM
bejak I would be careful selling... 04-21-2012, 03:11 PM
drozenski Mine go through a degausser.... 04-21-2012, 04:01 PM
Jeremiah They are not worth the... 04-20-2012, 09:17 PM
parrothead I like breaking them down as... 04-20-2012, 09:40 PM
Arkad If you do dismantel them... 04-21-2012, 06:07 AM
ilyaz Up until recently I was... 04-21-2012, 07:45 AM
EcoSafe if you are going to sell them... 04-21-2012, 12:55 PM
BurlyGuys Yeah, selling a hard drive... 04-21-2012, 03:13 PM
bejak Probably more than one 04-21-2012, 06:52 PM
happyscraper I know the platters are al.... 04-21-2012, 07:13 PM
bejak Mine takes them without a... 04-21-2012, 07:19 PM
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    I find that it does a few things for me.

    1. The extra alum gets me to the 250 pound minimum to receive 3 extra cents a pound faster
    2. Gives me something to do while watching a TV show. I take in 10 at a time and in 1 hour will have them all taken apart. This is only half paying attention too.
    3. I get small bits of copper
    4. When i finally get around to it i should make a decent killing on ebay with platters and magnets. I have like 25 pounds of platters so far.


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