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Very cool! Not being very technological myself, I always wondered how a hard drive works.
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That was really interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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I suppose my tutorial for cleaning the hard drive should not have included the "dishwasher" step.
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I wonder where they ever got the idea that disk drives were waterproof?
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A round of applause for the hard-working HDD. Found this in another forum.
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