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Ranging from 500gb to 3tb. I already run a NAS.

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[โ€“] ragnarokonline@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Open em up and get those wonderful lil magnets out to add to your magnet collection

[โ€“] LeftBoobFreckle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

This plus I use the platters as coasters around my house

[โ€“] QuietStorm@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

nas, keep them around for backups, sell them online,

donate them to people in need?

[โ€“] hexachrome@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

throw them into the ocean

[โ€“] kionite231@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Give me those hard drives (just kidding). You can host a big media server using jellyfin since you got a lot of disk space.

[โ€“] Jon-H558@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stick them on eBay saying they might have had your old crypto.eallet.on them but they got corrupted and can't workout which

[โ€“] puck2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Another NAS!

Data hoarding is fun!

[โ€“] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Backups ? Set up a nas for a friend or family member ?

[โ€“] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Throw them in the electronics recycling container if you don't need them.

[โ€“] UlfarrOT@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take them apart. It's fun to play with the little disks inside

[โ€“] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And they have cool magnets.

[โ€“] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

give them out, turn them into portable drives with an enclosure or sell them?