Skaven, you rock my world.
That's totally doable. I've already tried step one and two, so it's three and beyond, but definitely possible. I've taken apart boxes, laptops, even monitors, but never anything that I would have just died if I couldn't put it back together. Never tried to rebuild a hard drive, though! This should be fun even if I can't retrieve any data.
Regarding the business aspect, if I can set up a clean room, it would be stupid of me not to start one. In fact, there are state contracts to be had here in town, which is a nice little dream.
I know what it takes to set up a chemical lab environment, and the state supply surplus is located here in town so if nothing else, I should be able to set up at least a piddly little system for myself and build from there, taking on more as desired.
You guys rock and Skaven, thank you!
PS - Mike, the standing downwind of the HDD didn't work. Sorry, dude.