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Psivewri peels back a hard drive's SeaShield

His sole new upload examines the protective rubber covers fitted to late-1990s Seagate drives.

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Why Did 90s Hard Drives Have Rubber Covers? #retro

Psivewri removes the rubber sleeve from an old Seagate hard drive and finds a surprisingly shiny surface underneath. There is also a warning about voiding the warranty, a wonderfully belated concern for hardware from the late 1990s.

"Why Did 90s Hard Drives Have Rubber Covers? #retro" explains the SeaShield name and its purpose: protecting drives against shocks, handling damage and electrostatic discharge. Nathan shows two versions with different coverage around their circuit boards, peels one back, then puts the protection on again. The week's only new upload has reached roughly 37,000 views.

The comments offer a small reunion of surviving hardware. One viewer remembers keeping a drive after their dad's PC was sold; others recognise the coverings from original Xbox consoles. Several discuss rubber that became brittle, or wonder whether the sleeve retained heat. Those are owners' recollections and questions, rather than a settled verdict on the design.

Elsewhere, the busiest video right now is "What's Inside A Kid's Vtech Laptop From 1997? - Talking Whiz Kid Super Animated". Nathan's examination of an educational laptop bought cheaply on eBay has reached about 125,000 views. The Sony Vaio XR1 Short, with its rear-lifting hinge, also continues to draw viewers, but the Vtech teardown is attracting more daily views.

Subscribers held steady over the week, while today's channel viewing is well below its usual daily level. Nearby in size, TechDweeb is enjoying stronger-than-usual daily viewing and subscriber growth. For Psivewri, this week's new contribution is smaller and pleasingly specific: a protective rubber sleeve with a remarkably grand name.

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What viewers say

I still have the exact 20GB one from 2001 that’s the only part that remained after my dad’s pc got sold in 2009. Just fired it up 3 months ago and I’m surprised that it still works
@MTN1601See it on YouTube
I have a 10GB, 40GB, 60GB and 80GB of this series of HDDs. I love them very much and are aesthetically pleasing to look at imo.
@LyrizcenSee it on YouTube
The only one of these I’ve seen came out of my original Xbox …
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4 more comments

those disintegrate after a few years, mine brittled off and turned to sand.
@dovafinn3594See it on YouTube
my samsung hard drive from 2010 also has one

its around its corners though, not full body
@vulasicxSee it on YouTube
Interesting. I had none of these when I was a child through the 80s and the 90s.
@StillNotThrilledSee it on YouTube
Never seen this before, or remember it. At least a removable sleeve like rubber. Weird.
@TrusteftTechSee it on YouTube