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Western digital Hard drive tear down
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Remove four screws and circuit board lifts out
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Motor contacts
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Head contacts
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Remove 6 perimeter screws
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Remove screw from under sticker
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Lift cover off
Maybe rotate 1st photo 180 degrees so the orientation matches photo 2. Also in photo 1 highlight the location of the hidden screw.
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Inside of hard drive
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Desiccant packet removed from lower right corner
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Inside of cover
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Head in dock
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Head on disk
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Dock removed
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Head before bridge removed
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Remove two screws
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Lift bridge away
Highlight screw location in photo 1. Provide driver tip used to remove screws.
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Stops to limit head travel
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Red coil over magnet cause the head to rotate
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Contact block installed
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Remove two screws, contact block is now loose but connected to head by a ribbon cable
Add driver tip size. Highlight ribbon cable as it blends in with body.
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Disk installed
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Remove 3 screws holding down collar
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Remove collar
Highlight the screw faces please. The screw faces blend in with the collar.
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Lift disk out of case
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Collar after removal
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Head installed, simply lift head out of case
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Remove head
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Case without head
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Removed head
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Contacts for data and head control
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Head interface to disk
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Remove magnet
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Remove stop for head on disk
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Remove head docked stop
What is the purpose of the black strip below where the head use to be?
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All components arranged
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crwdns2947410:01crwdne2947410:0
Well done Wieli! Your photographs are very clear and well lighted. Should you decide to edit the guide may I suggest (1) you add what screwdriver tips you used to remove screws and (2) at step 10, highlight the three screws. The screw tips blend in with the collar.
