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| [title] Take aim! | |
| [* red] Take a look at your hard disk. From the lid, you should be able to make out the outline of where the disk is. | |
| [* black] If in doubt, on the botton of the disk you should be able to see the motor, which directly drives the disk spindle. | |
| [* orange] Below the disk is the read/write head actuator spindle. | |
| [* yellow] Note a point roughly half to three quarters of the way from the centre of the disk and its circumference. This is where you will be doing the damage! | |
| + | [* icon_note] For laptop drives the hammer and nail method (Step 5) is probably quickest. But for the very few having aluminium platters and for desktop drives having a tougher cover the drill method (Step 6) is generally easier. |