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Old February 19th, 2004, 01:58 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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How not to format you hard drive

This culprit decided to format his HD the wrong way
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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:01 PM     #2 (permalink)
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think he needs a BIGGER screwdriver that ones way too small
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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:05 PM     #3 (permalink)
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That's a pretty impressive scratch mark on the platter!!
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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:06 PM     #4 (permalink)
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I cant get him anything bigger
But here is da culprit :P
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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:15 PM     #5 (permalink)
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So what were you actually trying to do?
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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:28 PM     #6 (permalink)
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Hey, if things weren't meant to be taken apart they shouldn't put screws on things..

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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:39 PM     #7 (permalink)
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just take a nice pencil erasor and erase all the info off of it and start again!
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Old February 19th, 2004, 02:48 PM     #8 (permalink)
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Just for fun Nothing but a good ole time with a 1GB HD
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Old February 19th, 2004, 08:33 PM     #9 (permalink)
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Try and salvage the magnets from the head actutator. They're REALLY powerful. Have fun
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Old February 19th, 2004, 09:19 PM     #10 (permalink)
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oh i saved them.. they are good for finding lost screws and even magnetizing your screw drivers
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