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In that vein, you have numerous ways to repurpose your old hard drives instead of leaving them abandoned in some closet or relegating them to the scrapyard. Whether your old drive is still functional ...

So you’ve just taken apart a hard drive, and you’re looking at all the pieces on your desktop. You’re somehow compelled to use them all in different projects. Why not pull out tha… ...

[Jipa] over at MetkuMods put up an original re-use for old hard drives: make em into power tools. The tiny servo motor that drives the spindle doesn’t generate much torque, but once the drive… ...

Those old hard drives in your out-of-date computers don't have to go to the junkyard. These projects put them to good use throughout the home.

My first desktop external desktop hard drive and I have had a good run together. But now it's six years old, it requires two adapters to plug into my computer, and it's gotten noisy with age. So ...

The old hard drive likely has less space than the newer one and performs a little slower, but it comes as a free replacement. The old hard drive has some value in this instance as money saved ...

I've been going through my office over the last few days since work was slow. I came to realize that I had 12 bare mechanical hard drives squirreled away, with birth dates from 2004 (WD Raptors ...

Old hard drives are perfect for free storage. One thing that hasn't necessarily gotten cheaper is hard-drive space. It's come down some, sure, but if you spec out a new machine you'll notice an ...

Choose an enclosure. Your hard drive needs a new home, a small case that supplies power, protection and a USB or FireWire interface. Prices for these enclosures range from as little as $10 on up ...

Even when an old computer won’t start up anymore, the hard drive is still in there. From financial data to private photos, that drive could hold all sorts of private information.

Optical hard drives are quickly becoming obsolete. If you need to securely dispose of old memories, here's how to destroy an old hard drive.