Modding my hard drive window

i finally got the guts to do it, so i started off by turnin my shower on HOT HOT HOT and letting the air humidify to help make it a dust free enviroment, next i unscrewed the top [frickin screws took me forever] then quickly and carefully i slid the HDD into a zip lock baggy and sealed the sucker off, i then cut the hole in the lid using some heave duty wire cutters (my dremel is on a boat headed toward london ) heh then i got this..

from there i had used the last of my acrylic so i opted to use some rather flimsy plastic used in packaging (not the best choice, i know) as the window.
annnnnnd



plugged it back in..... and all is well

tho it did scare me for a lil bit as the first time i plugged everythin in it froze on the IBM aptiva boot screen

heres a short MPG of the spindle in action while defragmenting the disk the crappy quality MPG doesnt do justice

tell me what u guys think

 

Good to see it works. But don't you think the cut looks a little rough?

 

yes, i intend on smootin it out, givin it rounded edges, and puttin in some LEDs once i get to london and have all my tools.. my modders instinct just wudnt lemme wait till i got over there

 

looks very sweet

 

thanx andrew.. oh, btw... now this thing is DAMN loud!! oh well i still think the spindle goin all over the platter is mezmorizing

 

makes me rembmer the part of that weird al song "its all about the pentiums" were he says something like 'defragging my hard drive for thrills"

 

are you sure you wern't on drugs, and just imagined that.

 

lol i remember that song, but i dunno the lines anymore so ya know.. morphine and i have never done drugs

his name just happens to be a drug, and my name just happens to be the name of a rapper [Ludacris] who does alot of drugs

 

I noticed that with my one. What sizedrive is it. Mine is a whole 520meg.

Oh and as for defraging - don't. It makes teh heads move around more.

(excuse the typos. cheap nasty keyboard balanced on my knees)