[Papa.Smurf]

recently found this site with a large collection of sounds from specific failing hard drives. Along with sounds it has a ton of usefully information on the hard drives, their weaknesses, and even how to repair them.

http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php

 

[BlankThis]

Awesome! +REP

~B~

 

[Papa.Smurf]

thanks a lot!

Meant to post this a while ago but i bookmarked it and totally forgot lol

 

[DuRoc]

Ya I heard one of those noises on a seagate recently ;(

 

[Papa.Smurf]

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Originally Posted by DuRoc Ya I heard one of those noises on a seagate recently ;(

either get ready for an RMA or start checking the status of your drive

 

[DuRoc]

Ya RMA was already enroute when I posted that. A fairly new 500gb 7200.11.
My fist ever seagate casualty.

 

[timxirish]

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Maxtor desktop drive with stuck spindle playing futuristic cell phone melody.

LOL, for some reason I found that one hilarious, but definitely a cool link. Thanks

 

[SLeeZeY]

I got a seagate 80gb out of an emachine (that exploded, like they usually do) that has made the click of death (head drop) everytime its been used, but is still a live and failure free after 10 years

 

[Papa.Smurf]

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Originally Posted by SLeeZeY I got a seagate 80gb out of an emachine (that exploded, like they usually do) that has made the click of death (head drop) everytime its been used, but is still a live and failure free after 10 years

Wow that's quite a while even for most healthy drives.

 

[Dylan]

This needs a bump.

 

[NameUnknown]

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Originally Posted by Papa.Smurf Wow that's quite a while even for most healthy drives.

i just marked about 120 HDs at work for shredding that were 10-15 years old. Ive even pulled some that were manufactured in the late 80s that still worked. Honestly honw long an HD lasts is luck of the draw even if it is well cooled.