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On Sep 4, 7:12 pm, Jim Michaels <jmichae3REM...@THISPLEASEyahoo.com>
wrote:
> Arno Wagner wrote:
> > In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage BigAl...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Hi Guys,
>
> >> I have a rather old Western Digital 20Gig IDE HDD here. The user
> >> states it started making a noise and of course the computer now wont
> >> boot.
>
> >> I plugged the drive into my PC, and it does not get recognised by the
> >> Bios (so at the very least the logic board is dead?)
>
> >> It makes the following noise repeatedly:
>
> >>ftp://homepages.ihug.co.nz/public_html/harddrive.wav
>
> > No anon-login here it seems....
>
> >> Is this what they call stitchon or is it something else?
>
> > If it makes a noise, it is not stiction.
>
> >> Anyone able to shed some light?
>
> > Likely a case for professional data recovery if the data is
> > important and the user was unprofessional enough to
> > not have a backup. Trash bin otherwise.
>
> > Arno
>
> actually, if it makes a chirping sound, then it's stiction.  that's the
> drive motor trying to spin up and failing to move the platter.  it will
> only do that so many times and then fail.  then your logic board is
> probably good also - it's just that the head is glued to the platter
> with overheated lubricant.
> that happens with some MFR's of drives, usually seagate and some others...
>
> you *do* screw the drive into the case don't you?  the more scres the
> better - more heat sinking.  also fans over the general idea are a good
> idea, especially for today's 7200RPM drives.
>
> given that most drives are warrantied for 5 years, my guess is that the
> age of the drive is the issue - the parts are just worn out.
>
> I suggest taking the drive to a data recovery shop.  it will cost you
> about $250-500.  Look one up in the yellow pages under Computers.
>
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> tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand
> it. In my childhood we were always assured that the brain was a
> telephone switchboard. ('What else could it be?') I was amused to see
> that Sherrington, the great British neuroscientist, thought that the
> brain worked like a telegraph system. Freud often compared the brain to
> hydraulic and electro-magnetic systems. Leibniz compared it to a mill,
> and I am told some of the ancient Greeks thought the brain functions
> like a catapult. At present, obviously, the metaphor is the digital
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Thanks for all the replies.

I have come across that sound before at least two or three times now
and wanted to know more about exactely what the problem is? Its F***ed
is very descriptive and enhances my kowledge greatly.

:-)

-Al