[ale] How to safely remove adhesive paper from hard drive?

[Jim Kinney]

2008/7/24 mute wonder <mutewonder at gmail.com>:

> Sounds tedious, but doable.  Why a popsicle stick, though?
>

My bad. I read "what's" a popsicle stick and not "why".

Wood doesn't scratch metal. A metal blade can pierce the thin top cover of a
laptop drive.

>
>
> 2008/7/24 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>:
>
>> Ugg. Not fun!
>>
>> If you are VERY careful, a cottonswab with cooking oil and a sharpened
>> popsicle stick will remove the sticky tape from the drive tray (first) and
>> then from the drive itself. Basically swap a microscopic amount of oil alond
>> the adhesive joint, let it sit for a minute and gently pry with the wood,
>> repeat, repeat, repeat. Each cycle of this wil loosn about 1/16" . Don't try
>> for more as you run the risk of tearing things up.
>>
>>
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