I know very little about electronics but I decided to have some fun using old parts. After taking apart a hard drive I wanted to make the motor spin and this is where my question comes in. My electric ...

In this article, I’ll dig into a couple of things you need to know when it comes to using salvaged hard disc drive spindle motors. Most electronics hobbyists think that such hard disc drive spindle ...

From the couple of posts I've seen here, it seems that the performance advantages of a Raptor aren't so large anymore compared with these large drives. How about in the laptop space? The drive will be ...

[Tim] wrote in to tell us about his Mark III hard drive in a bell jar, and we were quite impressed! The principle of using a bell jar to protect the hard drive inside so the world can see it spinning ...

One of the key specifications present on any hard drive is how fast it spins, with 5,400rpm and 7,200rpm being the two most well-known spinning speeds. However, Western Digital is muddying the waters ...

Yesterday, Apple launched its most capacious iPod ever. Its 80GB Toshiba hard disk has room for 40,000 songs or 100 hours of video; it weighs 59 grams, takes a watt of power and transfers data at ...