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force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged
forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point
where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter
are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding them in place,
then he slides the assembly forward and takes it out, revealing the
circuit boards, motor, and spindle with fixed platters beneath. A fine
silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the top-most
platter shows where its upper
head had crashed – a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this
might still be recoverable. He undoes two more
thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the drive comes off.
Using a small flashlight that he had found in one of the desk cabinets,
he inspects the three platters: The one on top turns out to be the
outlier, its underside and both of the other platters have thick
are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding the assembly in
place, then he slides it forward and lifts it out, revealing the
circuit boards, motor, and the spindle with fixed platters beneath.
A fine silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the
upper-most platter shows where one of the heads had crashed –
a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this might still be recoverable.
He undoes two more thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the
drive comes off. Using a crank-driven flashlight <span class="comment">
Is that the right way to describe this?</span> that he had found in one
of the desk cabinets, he inspects the three platters: The one on top
turns out to be the outlier, both of the other platters have thick
silver-y white stripes lining their edges.
<span class="quote speech">Well, there goes that pipe dream.</span>
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<p>
Jack puts the drive back together
Jack puts the drive back together. Hopefully, he will get the manual for
the door from Annie, otherwise he&apos;ll have to dig his way out of the
bunker somehow. <span class="quote speech">But enough of that for
now</span>, Jack thinks and puts the thought aside for a while. Now, he
needs a way to entertain himself until the evening.
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<p class="comment">
This has been moved here from chapter 1 &quot;Wake Up&quot;. It should