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Re:How I Fixed a 10-Year-Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Sou... by timthelion on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:48AM (#15328673)
Have you ever taken apart a hard drive? I did and was shocked to find the platters were so strong that I had a hard time bending them with two hands.
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Re:How I Fixed a 10-Year-Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Sou... by qquark on Monday September 25, 2017 @07:44AM (#15329601)
A side note: a lot of "newer" HDDs (< 15 years I guess ?) now have ceramic/glass platters that break instead of bending, so be careful if trying this to avoid hurting yourself.
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Re:How I Fixed a 10-Year-Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Sou... by colejohnson66 on Monday September 25, 2017 @06:45AM (#15329349)
But knock them while it’s spinning and it would be game over for hundreds of sectors.
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Re:How I Fixed a 10-Year-Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Sou... by dkersten on Monday September 25, 2017 @12:40PM (#15331880)
...and possibly the read/write heads.
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