Getting Free Neodymium Magnets from HDD (Hard Drive) 

The way he says magnates and sounds like luigi 😂

Other sources of neodymium magnets are ear-buds, earphones and the tiny speakers from laptops, computer monitors and flat screen led TV speakers. Older ones are bigger, and often with ceramic magnets, but smaller modern speakers contain Neodymium magnet cores often stuck to disks of steel to make them into a longer cylinder to improve the bass throw distance of smaller speaker cones in inexpensive appliances. Motors of remote controlled toys may also depend on minute cylinder shaped magnetic rotors, or stators in ultra light configurations such as drones or micro RC cars, and of course vibrators and loudspeakers in mobile phones, and smart watches. Even device chargers and gift boxes may utilize Neodymium magnets to bring surfaces together securely.

Thank you very much for this useful info, i was about to leave elsewhere 2 hard drives without knowing of the neodinium magnets actually inside 👍🏻

I removed magnets from my hard drive they are quite strong and like to play with them thanks for this video👍

The screw "shape" is Torx. To remove those magnets, just soak them in acetone, the epoxy glue will melt and the coating on the magnets won't tear up...

Thank you for this. I have magnets to recover now.

That screwdriver type is TORX and HDDs use different size of them: From tiny laptops to larger and older drives; T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9 and T10. It’s good idea to buy a set of torx as they are going to be more and more common. I always store the screws as Torx is the best screw head type. And the screws used in the hard drive itself are of very good quality.

The other problem with tearing the plating is that the exposed magnet material can then corrode (that's why they're plated in the first place). Between that and the risk of breakage, I prefer to keep them on the bracket if it isn't important to my usage to remove them.

Thanks for the ideas!

And now you have 143k subs ... congrats...

These magnets may look bigger but in my case there were 4 or 5 tiny magnets encased in the larger piece you see. I only saw this when I twisted the magnet and you could see the tiny magnets inside.

I want this magnets for my project work please can tell me find this

Don't forget the bearing used for the head stack!

Cool man but what makes Neodymium from regular magnets?

U can glue an sand paper to each disc of the hard drive u don't need and use pc power supply for sharpener or clean ur soldering iron tips sharp knifes ...

They are fragile and break easily so be carefull when removing them. Also do not use heat gun because they loose their magnetism permanently if heated.

They are handy :-D A frend was having trouble with a magnetic badge on his uniform, it was weak and came off too easy, i replaced the old magnet with the neodymium one, also the inside plate was replaced by the thick plate off the hdd heads. Never fell off again LOL :-D :-D

The locking gas door (not cap) failed on my outback. The cable tip broke. Dealer wanted $1,000 to replace it (cable goes from driver floor, through passenger compartment, through fender wall...but still $1,000. I tried different magnets until my friend David gave me one from a hard drive. Voila...gas door stays shut...I placed the magnet behind the door. You can't tell there's anything wrong.

Sar kahan Milte Hain ya magnet

Diode gone wild lol

I put my magnet on the wall and it stuck to the nails under the dry wall. They make great stud finders.

How many gigabytes that hard drive sir?

the only reason i watch this cuz the sound is so satisfying lol

Thank you! I'd never have guessed there was a hidden screw under the sticker. These manufacturers are such jokers...

I made this too

Toho hdd mi je líto,je to ten starý typ,hodil by se do sbírky :-( skoda

MAGNÉTS!

Super,super, super english.

🤔🤔🤔

Sar Mujhe magnet chahie tha

ilike magnets like thet

Guys sounds like Electroboom.

The way he pronounce words seems like , he is an Arabic.

I usually just do it with a hammer... it's more fun 😂

That english :')

Bad accent..your not british

I have a 5gal.bucket full of hard drives