i saw this mod a while ago about a HD window mod. err i think thats what it was called. u unscrew the drive cover, pull it off, and dremel a hole. take the plastic from a cd case, glue it over the hole done!

how do i remove the screws? they're a funny 6 shaped figure. i just have to remove the top 6 screws right?

in a 100% dust-free environment with a nasa suit on lol...

Yes it is a "STAR NUT", but be very very carefulas once you pull the cover off the platters of the HD are visible and open to contamination...

Do touch or put/drop/blow anything onto the platter because your HD will fail!!

IMHO you should do it with a few older drives first to get some experience, that way you do not completely ruin your more expensive HD's.

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3 minutes too slow

What you will need for the screws is a T6 (Torx 6) screwdriver.

most attempts fail... and if you get lucky, it'll last for 3 minutes then crash

I read a guide about it a while back. They suggest steaming up your bathroom to pull all the dust down and do the whole project in there.

Thats what my A+ instructor said. He had a window modded Hd in one of the lab computers.

Herm! let the steam go away first loll
Just saying cause i gave the same advice to someone and the stupid idiot did it in the room full of steam

would running some compressed computer part cleaner be good for it right before you seal it up or is that also going to contaminate it?

Just remember, dust is over 5 times thicker than the distane between the read write heads and the platters.

I wouldn't try it end up being a waste of time and you'd loose that hardrive.

If you really want one...I'd try on an old HD and see how good you are. Blowing the dust off with an air can doesn't work, you just blow that dust and even more contaminants very quickly across the platters and internals.

If you remove the cover the HDD will die, its not a maybe its a fact, dont try it, I used to design them

i would buy a Raptor X if it was me

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But thanks for the feedback