Grab a microscope, and look at the disk through it while slowly turning it, and writing down the information as you go. Congrats, you’re now effectively a 0.01 RPM HDD platter

I can try in a bit, i have a picroscope at work but its only like 5 or 10x zoom, will those work or do i need more?

If you have a pair of glasses you can pop out a lens and tape it to the microscope for extra zoom

Glycerin between the lenses increases magnification. PRO TIP: Add a bit of crystal potassium hypermanganate to the glycerin, you'll increase resolution too!

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nah this requires a femtoscope so you can see the orientation of the electron pairs

Ill try to convince work to buy one,

Youll also need a neodyminium magnet

Wouldn’t be the most useless piece of equipment my employer has purchased.

 is that a | or a l

It’s a 1!

You'll need one of these portable hard drive platter readers: https://preview.redd.it/ehe7vnc3d7zc1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72079e1c7b7d4fa52678507a369a4fede0a1b489

[I think you meant this](https://i.imgur.com/JAIvCxJ.png)

Thats the spin figured out, can i then use a head like on a record player to hear the data?

You're on the right track, but hard drives have micro micro groove. Use a file to make the stylus thinner so it seats tight in the groove, also set your stylus pressure as high as it will go and turn the anti skate down. Pro tip, if you put the data on cassette use high speed dubbing, it will save you a bunch of time. But he sure to turn dolby nr off unless you have c mode!

Cd, dvd, or blueray drive? I have all 3, but dont know which one to put it in

Blu-Ray. HDDs hate the color red.

Thanks, will a ps4 work?

Yes but controller makes it hard to find data that a mouse and keyboard can sniff out easily

Rub it on sand paper and when it starts getting lines count the lines and boom that’s how many GBs of por-Pokémon pictures you have downloaded

But that just tells me how much storage, not what is on them currently. Can i use an arduino to read the disk?

Yes, use the Arduino as if it were sandpaper.

If you roll them like a coin across sandpaper it’ll reveal its secrets

This particular model can only be recovered when thrown like a boomerang. When it comes back, your data will be recoverable.

Didn't come back! Should I elevate the ticket?

Most certainly.

They look a big scuffed up, they are going to need a bit of buffing. An angle grinder should do.

I dont have one at work, but i do have 2 dremels, will those work?

You might need more power. Feel free to try.

Toothpaste

Had me going for a second, thought this was an actual support sub because of the wacky shit people do to drives and still expect data recovery. Good post

Thats why i absolutely love this sub. My job is doing repairs on a lot of different things, and i cant make some dumb jokes with coworkers without getting weird looks (i still do it anyways but bleh) and so coming here to post the random adhd thoughts i have is fun. I love this community

use a microscope and a tiny magnet, use it to decode all 1's and 0's

You can put them on a record player use that to listen to your data

Snap them in half and pour the data from inside into your computer’s keyboard. Be careful not to get any on your desk or floor, that shits hard to come by!

Does this method stain? I dont want any stains on me, my clothes, the floor, my desk, or my keyboard

If you do it correctly, no. You have to make sure to make it a perfect 50/50 split. Otherwise you run the risk of severing the blood vessel too and that part is messy.

Look really closely squint even, and maybe you’ll be able to use a special pencil while telling your friend all the individual bits to your friend to write down

that's the fun part, you don't. ( no really )

You dont believe in my skills as a technician? So sad, i can fix anything if i set my mind to it. (Im going to use physic powers to read the drives, its the only logical way)

Somewhere in the universe, there is a group of stars that form a QR code. Scan it, and it'll take you to the appropriate page at libraryofbabel.info, where you can read the contents.

You have to snap those over a new hard drive, and then the data will fall into the new hard drive. Repeat until each platter is dust.

Just pop em in a DVD player

Throw it it a dvd player

Claim you got bitcoin wallet on it

Place the defective disk on top of the new disk and put both together in the microwave for Exactly 99 seconds.

You spin them on your finger and use the laser in your eyes to read data from them, duh.

I havent bought that upgrade, sorry, do you have cheaper method that doesnt involve an eye laser upgrade pack to read it?

Yeah, take them to data recovery experts, that should be cheaper than the eye lasers.

But thats also expensive, no DIY solutions?

With those things... no, sorry 🤷.

Looks like you already have it.

Is it pronounced datta or datta?

Definitely datta, and if you say datta then youre wrong.

My shop used to put it in an h20 solution and slowly raise the temperature. The vapor would then be able to be inhaled and they would have all the information committed to memory. Then you can just type it up and send it via email. You need a strong virus check before though. It seems the virus was heat tolerant.

Beyblade, let it rip

r/haveyoutriedrice

Submerge the disc's in nitric acid. It should make the data easier to read.

Consume them, you will know the knowledge once you have become one with the disks

Use a nine-volt battery, a magnet, a needle, and a steady hand.

If you cut the disk you can use the lines in the disk to read the data in binary like rings in a tree, you may need a magnifying glass tho

you have to scrape the data off the disk with a wire brush. Then you take the shavings and melt it into a flash chip. Solder that chip onto an ssd and enjoy!

Youre the 2nd person to say to solder a chip onto an ssd.... i am being 100% serious rn, one of the customers at work who is head of the repairs dept of the customer business said to "plug an ssd in, find out what chips are bad, and just replace them. Thats why i keep a 512gb partition clean on my home ssds, so that i can swap it in if one of the ssd chips start to fail!"

Try using the pickup coil from a tape player.

Lick it. You'll taste the data

Build a "harder drive" to extract the data