Toshiba Laptop Hard Drive
This is a modern 2.5-inch Toshiba hard drive (model MK6465GSX, 640 GB) opened to expose the platters.
This drive was supplied with my old HP laptop. It was taken out of service and replaced with a WD Blue of the same capacity after accumulating a large number of reallocated sectors. I had already secure-erased it and was ready to destroy it, so I figured I might as well open up the drive and snap some shots of it.
Opening the drive required a Torx T5 screwdriver bit. Keep in mind that opening a hard drive renders it unusable, so don't do this with a working drive!
Toshiba Laptop Hard Drive
This is a modern 2.5-inch Toshiba hard drive (model MK6465GSX, 640 GB) opened to expose the platters.
This drive was supplied with my old HP laptop. It was taken out of service and replaced with a WD Blue of the same capacity after accumulating a large number of reallocated sectors. I had already secure-erased it and was ready to destroy it, so I figured I might as well open up the drive and snap some shots of it.
Opening the drive required a Torx T5 screwdriver bit. Keep in mind that opening a hard drive renders it unusable, so don't do this with a working drive!