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Article #488Re: Harddrive noise - any ideas?
From: Folkert Rienstra
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:59
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:59
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Arno Wagner wrote in news:5k3dftF1u9c9U2@mid.individual.net > In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage BigAl.NZ@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. Babblebot, clueless as always. If the drive grunts 3 or more times at say a 2 seconds interval at spin-up time it is stiction. May be accompanied by a click releasing the head clamps first. > > > 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
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