Just thought I'd do a pictorial on a 5" hard drive like I did on monitors. That way someone can decide if their worth breaking down or selling whole. I used a 5" for example cause the parts were bigger for picture taking. Today's hard drives have the same basic parts, just smaller.
This is the 5" H.D.
This is with the cast alum. top cover removed. Some tops are S.S. Some even have a piece of steel glued to an alum cover.
This is the removal of the circuit board on the bottom. Usually about 4 screws to remove.
Unscrewing the platters. Older H.D.'s only have a couple, big gig hard drives have quite a few.
Removing the platters after removing the screws.
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