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Day: November 8, 2004

Make A Clear Hard Drive

November 8, 2004 by Phillip Torrone 21 Comments

make a clear hard drive

using just a cd case, you can make a clear hard drive, well, actually it’s a window to see in to a hard drive. the cool thing about this is–if you have a case mod that lets you see in to the pc, you can do this hack up, light it up and get a cool view of the hard drive heads writing.

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