surfrock66 to SelfhostedEnglish • 11 months agoDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?imagemessage-square128arrow-up1819arrow-down118
arrow-up1801arrow-down1imageDoes anyone else harvest the magnets and platters from old drives as a monument to selfhosting history?surfrock66 to SelfhostedEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square128
minus-squaresurfrock66OPlinkEnglish3•11 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.