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Ranging from 500gb to 3tb. I already run a NAS.

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[–] JoeKrogan 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Backups ? Set up a nas for a friend or family member ?

[–] drpeppershaker 5 points 1 year ago

NAS or media server for sure

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Give me those hard drives (just kidding). You can host a big media server using jellyfin since you got a lot of disk space.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Open em up and get those wonderful lil magnets out to add to your magnet collection

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This plus I use the platters as coasters around my house

[–] UlfarrOT 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take them apart. It's fun to play with the little disks inside

[–] dan1101 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And they have cool magnets.

[–] Fondots 3 points 1 year ago

I used to have a lot of keys on my keychain and normally kept them clipped to a belt loop with a carabiner. To keep them from jingling too much I used to keep a hard drive magnet that I scavenged from somewhere stuck to them. Not all of my keys were magnetic but enough of them were and the magnet was strong enough that I could sandwich the non magnetic ones between the other ones and they'd all stick together.

It disappeared on me one day, probably stuck to some metal lamp post or something that I happened to brush up against.

I need to check how magnetic my current keys are to see if it could work, but I think if I ever find myself with another magnet of an appropriate size and strength, I might revisit that idea and put the magnet in a small leather fob or something to keep my keys from jingling.

[–] franzfurdinand 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or! This could be the start of your own Floppotron and this is your drumline. I think the Floppotron was using HDDs for the click.

[–] dan1101 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, I'd never heard of Floppotron but that's awesome lol! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCXRerqaJI

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stick them on eBay saying they might have had your old crypto.eallet.on them but they got corrupted and can't workout which

[–] puck2 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

nas, keep them around for backups, sell them online,

donate them to people in need?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Another NAS!

Data hoarding is fun!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

throw them into the ocean

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Make some HDD ASMR and upload to ~Youtube~ Framatube

Or give them to me idk :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Throw them in the electronics recycling container if you don't need them.

[–] Rob 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve got a stash myself that I’ve been meaning to drill through, but it’s been gathering dust for a few years already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Build a PVR out of MythTV or similar? Security system with Zoneminder?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Storj node?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

give them out, turn them into portable drives with an enclosure or sell them?

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