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@tubetime@mastodon.social So my take for anybody reading this and tempted to open their HDD: don't, unless you are curious & about to toss it or desperate for the data. In the later case, if it works to make it spin again, be ready to export all data ASAP. Just about any dust is larger than the distance the heads fly above the disks, thus scratches to the magnetic surface are a given when anything gets trapped in between. There are reasons for cleanrooms, coveralls, air showers... during manufacturing.