Sky Box Hard Drives

[Springalinga]

Hey, so I work for a property rental business, a lady moved out and left a bunch of stuff behind, signed off that we could dispose of it all.

She left 2 Sky HD Boxs.
My boss (who has sky) said they were useless and to throw them away. Me being the only relatively techy guy there asked if I could have them (since they must have a harddrive in them).

Anyway, so I took them home, took them both apart, after some unscrewing and plastic breaking I have now got two harddrives

One is a "Seagate Pipeline HD 320GB" and the other is a "Seagate Video 3.5 500GB".

So what I'm asking is, what can I use these for? Are they only good for storing videos? For TV box refurbs and security cameras or do they have another use?

Does anyone know much these go for? I can imagine many people just dispose of their Sky boxs, I bet someone's making money buying them for next to nothing and taking out the harddrives and selling them?

Any help appreciated,
Spring

 

[Shaun o]

You can use them with anything else, as long as you format them.
Test them for integrity, though if you plan to sell them at a decent price.
Most are already formatted to Fat 32. wipe them anyway.
Been doing it for years .