Salvaged HDD from old Laptop.. What next ?
by Honest Abe from LinuxQuestions.org on (#54CZ7)
So I salvaged an old HDD 2.5" (Hitachi) from my old laptop which breathed its last about 2 years ago. I am unsure about it's other components and have no clue if I can revive it.
But the disk is fine.. When connected with a USB-SATA cable, the disk was detected and after activating with vgchange, I am able to mount it on my work machine and see its contents..
Disk Specs: Link
Disassembling tutorial I am following: YouTube_Link
Laptop Specs: Link
At this moment, my best guess is that the motherboard cmos battery, laptop battery (replaced once maybe 5 years back) is gone (hoping the damage is minimum)
This is too under powered and slow and unreliable to effectively set up as a distro hopping bed (ancient hardware) or entertainment box (got another new laptop this year) or back up server (unreliable disk) etc. So I am a little short on ideas.
To LQ veterans who love to revive old hardware, what would you use this for ?
But the disk is fine.. When connected with a USB-SATA cable, the disk was detected and after activating with vgchange, I am able to mount it on my work machine and see its contents..
Disk Specs: Link
Disassembling tutorial I am following: YouTube_Link
Laptop Specs: Link
At this moment, my best guess is that the motherboard cmos battery, laptop battery (replaced once maybe 5 years back) is gone (hoping the damage is minimum)
This is too under powered and slow and unreliable to effectively set up as a distro hopping bed (ancient hardware) or entertainment box (got another new laptop this year) or back up server (unreliable disk) etc. So I am a little short on ideas.
To LQ veterans who love to revive old hardware, what would you use this for ?