Has Anyone Shot Lasers at an External Hard Drive?

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Glass, mirrors, hard drive platters, computer parts

Ever since I received my Glowforge I have been using it to etch or cut various materials that come out of computers. I fugured out a safe way to etch the hard drive platters without damaging the glowforge. (Spray paint the platter so when the paint is burnt away it destroys the shiny surface revealing the aluminum core. Then remove the leftover paint and the shiny surface remaining makes for a nice contrast.) A few of them are shown on some wind chimes. When I take apart a monitor screen ther…