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Display HDD: Best way to clean platters?
Today I was testing some old hard drives for my boss, and there were, of course, a few dead ones. Now I've seen an open hard drive before, but I've never actually disassembled one myself. So I asked my boss if he would let me have one to take apart, and he told me to go for it.
So I successfully opened the drive but I unfortunately ended up getting a few fingerprints on the top platter. The platter is completely unscratched, and the parts without any fingerprints look so nice and shiny. I don't intend to actually use this drive (if I did I never would have taken it apart in the first place) but I would like to display it. So my question is: What would be the best way to go about cleaning my fingerprints off the platters without scratching them?
Again, I never expect this drive to be in working condition ever again, but I do want it to look nice for display. I'm not as worried about dust, but I would like to at least get the fingerprints off. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!