Old hard drive

[Smirnoff]

Just a quick question..........

I've just found a HDD from my old 486 system, does anyone remember pentium 166mmx's???? Anyway I think its 540mb. Is it worth keeping or should it be put to rest and burried?

Thx Smirnoff

[Thorsson]

Bury it.

[gman1981]

lol, well i can't think of a good reason for it, other than a door stop.
You can pick up 20Gb drives for less than a tenner on ebay (Buy It Now) these days.

[schmunk]

Get the magnets out - they're great.

It'll take a fair effort (a bit of brute force and prising apart) but it's worth it for the powerful magnets. Just keep them away from your colour CRT...

[Smirnoff]

lol. yeah that was the answer(s) i kinda expected.

Oh so what about my 2 FDD's and 3 CD-ROM's and 1 CD-RW drives? Dont ask what make they are cos they're at my parents house

And before anyone says anything. No I'm not scouse and No they didn't fall off the back of a lorry. No offence to scallies btw my dad's one.....

[Mikey]

Try and do a window mod on it, and plug it back in (somewhere) and watch the inwards I plan to do that on one of my old ones, but need one of those star shaped screwdrivers

[Thorsson]

lol. yeah that was the answer(s) i kinda expected.

Oh so what about my 2 FDD's and 3 CD-ROM's and 1 CD-RW drives?

Well I keep old FDDs because occasionally they come in handy (and 2 is OK coz you might find one doesn't work when you try it!). Keep the newest CD(s) in case your existing packs up. But 99.9% probability you'll never use them again.

Last year I had a clear out of everything pre-2000 in the garage and I had to take a trip to the dump.