Getting Free Neodymium Magnets from HDD (Hard Drive)

This video shows step by step how to disassemble an old HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and get strong neodymium magnets from it. Warning: Neodymium magnets can crush your body parts! A broken neodymium magnet can be very sharp! The magnet removal destroys the HDD!
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[@georgegonzalez3445]

The way he says magnates and sounds like luigi 😂

[@stephanieemunemu784]

Exactly 🤣🤣

[@throwaway-ds6yg]

Bet he jumps super high too

[@tikaanipippin]

Other sources of neodymium magnets are ear-buds, earphones and the tiny speakers from laptops, computer monitors and flat screen led TV speakers. Older ones are bigger, and often with ceramic magnets, but smaller modern speakers contain Neodymium magnet cores often stuck to disks of steel to make them into a longer cylinder to improve the bass throw distance of smaller speaker cones in inexpensive appliances. Motors of remote controlled toys may also depend on minute cylinder shaped magnetic rotors, or stators in ultra light configurations such as drones or micro RC cars, and of course vibrators and loudspeakers in mobile phones, and smart watches. Even device chargers and gift boxes may utilize Neodymium magnets to bring surfaces together securely.

[@mattikaki]

That screwdriver type is TORX and HDDs use different size of them: From tiny laptops to larger and older drives; T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9 and T10. It’s good idea to buy a set of torx as they are going to be more and more common. I always store the screws as Torx is the best screw head type. And the screws used in the hard drive itself are of very good quality.

[@TheRealYashNotFake]

Yes! I ran into that problem!

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

The machining on the screws are almost art worthy.

[@adelphus515]

The screw "shape" is Torx.
To remove those magnets, just soak them in acetone, the epoxy glue will melt and the coating on the magnets won't tear up...

[@divyashenoy8193]

I removed magnets from my hard drive they are quite strong and like to play with them thanks for this video👍

[@n0madfernan257]

Thank you for this. I have magnets to recover now.

[@BogoljubGottlieb]

Thank you very much for this useful info, i was about to leave elsewhere 2 hard drives without knowing of the neodinium magnets actually inside 👍🏻

[@longrunner258]

The other problem with tearing the plating is that the exposed magnet material can then corrode (that's why they're plated in the first place). Between that and the risk of breakage, I prefer to keep them on the bracket if it isn't important to my usage to remove them.

[@jeffreyMagnum460]

Yup keep them on the backing plate it will keep them from breaking.

[@bluerilius4362]

I put superglue as a sort of protective layer on the exposed magnet surface when that happens

[@recyclemak]

And now you have 143k subs ... congrats...

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Don't forget the bearing used for the head stack!

[@dahappychappy]

These magnets may look bigger but in my case there were 4 or 5 tiny magnets encased in the larger piece you see. I only saw this when I twisted the magnet and you could see the tiny magnets inside.

[@sofknsad]

They are fragile and break easily so be carefull when removing them. Also do not use heat gun because they loose their magnetism permanently if heated.

[@rogeriohernandez2957]

you can safely heat if you dont surpass the Curie temperature withc is the temperature magnets loose their properties that temperature varies depending on the magnet type/grade etc

[@Ih8emailAndComputers]

I have only had one break and I have removed many of these. And I do not do it neatly like this video... I just take a hammer to the other side of the IDE drive and smash it the pry it open 😂

[@zx8401ztv]

They are handy :-D
A frend was having trouble with a magnetic badge on his uniform, it was weak and came off too easy, i replaced the old magnet with the neodymium one, also the inside plate was replaced by the thick plate off the hdd heads.
Never fell off again LOL :-D :-D

[@brujo_millonario]

Thank you! I'd never have guessed there was a hidden screw under the sticker. These manufacturers are such jokers...

[@trym0ld109]

Well it’s not MENT to be opened tho

[@brujo_millonario]

@@trym0ld109 everything is meant to be open; even people (said the surgeon)...

[@vintner_]

haha I just opened one and it was stuck in the middle (I bent the metal plate, it was a dead drive anyways) and I was trying to force it open, when I realized there was a screw there. The best part is that, under the sticker, I couldn't unscrew it. The head was inside the plate. Luckily, I managed to open it with pliers

[@MonkeyDLuffy-ns5rb]

the only reason i watch this cuz the sound is so satisfying lol

[@jolox.]

Thanks for the ideas!

[@claypottinger7372]

The locking gas door (not cap) failed on my outback. The cable tip broke. Dealer wanted $1,000 to replace it (cable goes from driver floor, through passenger compartment, through fender wall...but still $1,000. I tried different magnets until my friend David gave me one from a hard drive. Voila...gas door stays shut...I placed the magnet behind the door. You can't tell there's anything wrong.

[@mihailsaltirov5333]

U can glue an sand paper to each disc of the hard drive u don't need and use pc power supply for sharpener or clean ur soldering iron tips sharp knifes ...

[@mpraveenkumar9430]

I want this magnets for my project work please can tell me find this

[@daisy7141]

I put my magnet on the wall and it stuck to the nails under the dry wall. They make great stud finders.

[@r.dworld2516]

Diode gone wild lol

[@danielseville9703]

Can I have the orange neodymium magnets

[@igrewold]

Cool man but what makes Neodymium from regular magnets?

[@RizLazey]

They are like 10x stronger than your average fridge magnet and they are also rare and expensive

[@axelvanjadulco1928]

How many gigabytes that hard drive sir?

[@hugoslav843]

0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001gb

[@davidmarek6141]

Toho hdd mi je líto,je to ten starý typ,hodil by se do sbírky :-(
skoda

[@enderdatsit2117]

I made this too

[@rajeshkumardurgipatti3262]

Sar kahan Milte Hain ya magnet

[@MujhaidMansoori-dw7uj]

Mere pas mil jaygi jitni chaiye ap ko all size available contact me

[@teosito5841]

MAGNÉTS!

[@tibavags62]

Super,super, super english.

[@nasiruddinmilon4320]

😂

[@gacherumburu9958]

🤔🤔🤔

[@mikeyong7845]

ilike magnets like thet

[@rajeshkumardurgipatti3262]

Sar Mujhe magnet chahie tha

[@yadavramrekha]

The way he pronounce words seems like , he is an Arabic.

[@FaceMaster420]

Guys sounds like Electroboom.

[@Ih8emailAndComputers]

I usually just do it with a hammer... it's more fun 😂

[@lukastevic4373]

That english :')

[@rudylumingkit9950]

LuKa h

[@jairowind4336]

@@rudylumingkit9950 AYCHE

[@sigmaculture_enjoyer]

Bad accent..your not british

[@jeffreyMagnum460]

I have a 5gal.bucket full of hard drives