My hard drive was on the sofa, I was going to install it in my computer. I brought clothes from laundry and had clorox in a bag, threw it on the sofa. For a period of 2 days didn't know it had a leak in it, I think the top was not screwed on good. Some was ted on hrd drive. It formed a crystals (looks, like salt) on the hard drive, I see a few crystals in the hard drive. Should I hook it up to the computer and see if it works, i don't want it to mess up anything else.
If you dont have anything on the drive that is worth recovering, I wouldnt risk it. Even though the drives are supposed to be air tight, they do have breather/vent holes that some bleach could have gotten into. If the drive is toast, it could easily damage other components in the PC. If you have an old spare junker PC that supports the drive size, then i would say go for it. ~Rich
I dont see why not. I would be sure to wear rubber gloves though. Some peoples skin doesnt react too well to bleach. Just make sure to use a damp rag, not something that is dripping wet. You dont want to risk anymore damage than what may have already occured. ~Rich
Ye. If it doesnt work the computer wont post thats all. Unles the harddrive was soaked im sure youl be fine! Lecsiy
I find it UNLIKELY that it will electrically damage your current PC if you install it, and as long as you don't actually put the drive in the case, you probably won't have bleach crystals fall all over the insides of your good computer. However, the safest thing to do, as someone pointed out, is to put it in an old junker of a PC and try it out if that option is available. See if someone you know has an old 300 Mhz or something. Preferably networked to your or another PC so you can get the contents off. I'd consider that drive unreliable even if it does work so plan on getting the data off immediately after booting and tossing it when you're done. Alternatively, you can get USB and/or firewire external drive enclosures on sale sometimes very cheap. Some have separate power supplies so even if your HD does short the PSU, you'll find out before you plug it in to your computer. Another benefit to this method is that you might be able to keep that drive around and use it, although I still wouldn't store anything important on it. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA40190 http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA39280 http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA30026
