Weird sounds from old Hard Drive

[desktopgeek98]

Sounds like the sound of a shattered platter! I had this problem when I tried to boot up a computer that had been DROPPED. A desktop! Ouch.

[KingMacintosh]

It's saying: Data Wiping, Data Wiping, FUCK YOU!

Maxtor's are musical but totally not reliable, use at your own risk, esp. if you actually use these hunks of shit to backup!

[Levi11123]

thumbs up if you have the same USB IDE/SATA adaptor

[shoprat17]

lol i got a hard drive about 10 years older then that one that actually works.... (about 43Mb)

[hollow2k10]

epic hard drive

[FACP07]

The quiet peip peip sounds at first is the hard drive relizinng that the platters are not moving at the proper speed so tries to increase speed to get them back up, after realizing that they still wont work, it shuts down power to the spindle motor. After a few tries, the hard drive goes thru a stuck head routine, aka that loud sound. Its where the voice coil tries to move from track 0 to max track and back in a effort to unstick the heads. Then it tries to restart the platters.

[TheToeBrand]

Damn it.. I'm trying to find those really old computer sounds that you hear when turning on an old windows computer. That freaky beeping sound.. anyone know what i'm talking about? haha

[desktopgeek98]

@TheToeBrand How many times do you hear the beep? I think that's just the computer saying that everything's normal. Let me know.

[TheToeBrand]

@desktopgeek98 Hahah, no idea.. I just get nostalgic when I hear the sound. But there wasn't anything wrong with my computer, it was just an older version.

[KaidoFujimi]

well Maxtors are generally quite loud

[PCMaster1ful]

@KaidoFujimi and musical

[whitt38]

the beeps meen that the hed is not unlocking

[Chadzxx1]

gee that's fascinating...ugh!

[FACP07]

Just hit teh snooze button to delay it for another 7 years.

[leijenhorst]

Disk hunry - piepiep

[Jokes0nce95]

BOOBY BOOBY!! WOOT WOOT!! lol xD

[MACA001able]

i think u shud scrap it man cos the arm might be broke init or anything and trust me there is a chance it could brake your lab top or pc

[xxl606]

Sounds from Half Life?

[4iwilllive]

you should get a vintage hard drive 23 platter

[dosdude1]

OK sorry I posted 3 comments. I didn't see the comment, so I didn't realize it had posted. Sorry

[WESTSIEEDE]

good ol maxtor

[Joseph9536]

Sounds like the head is stuck to the platter.

[markcumbriauk]

sounds like r2d2 on acid LOL

[nwnc84]

i think that your HDD is possessed, avoid him ^_^

[dosdude1]

Its that IDE/SATA adapter. You need a real IDE compatable computer. Also, the hard drive must be plugged into the power supply of the same IDE compatable computer.

[hamsterball27]

@dosdude1  it doesnt matter

[dosdude1]

Its that IDE/SATA adapter. You need a real IDE compatable computer. Also, the hard drive must be plugged in to the power supply of the IDE compatable computer.

[dosdude1]

It's that IDE/SATA adapter. You need a real IDE compatable computer to view the contents of that drive. Another thing, the hard drive must be connected to the power supply in the IDE compatable computer.

[pavellujardo]

There are gremlins inside.

[compugeekmsn]

Thats what 10 GB of porn sounds like.

[Jokes0nce95]

LOL it sounded like it was saying "Booty Booty" lol @ 1:03

[compugeekmsn]

@Jokes0nce95

Thats because theres alot of porn on there.

[rdproductions01]

It sounds like a mad synthesizer...

[bilsrylos]

oh it's so simple! it found out your warranty expired in 02 so it is beaming up to the mothership for extraction.

[DURAMATRIX112]

sounds like to me the heads is stuck to the platter.

[1972jeepcommando]

well it's as dead as my 10 year old lap top(it got droped 20 times and spilt on)

what the sound is the arm that reads the data is scraping on the platter. and its mesing it up.

I would open it up and with a hamer brake the platter and throw it away.

[the731272]

you can try shaking the hard drive and seeing if it might free up the platter

[the731272]

it could also be stiction in a really bad way

[the731272]

i think the heads might be stuck to the platter thats probably why its doing the bloobleep but i don't know why its screaming at you.

[RA9ODE]

maxtor romulus family

today almost all dead

[MissSkymin]

I think it's saying, "Just kill me now."

[DiskTwenty]

Stiction!

[danz409]

i could soo see somebody doing a music mix with those sounds lol

[qopha]

It's dead, Jim.

[lordsyn86]

Sounds like the heads have crashed...your hard drive is useless if this is the case. You have no choice but too dispose of it because the heads have made contact with the platters and have scratched the surface. It is history.

[Bobensen]

Platter/Head=Stuck

[Theonegamefreak]

It thinks it's a choo choo train.

[mbrdej]

why i have to watch that you are plugging it ;/

[zvaniel4o]

buy yourself a new one!

[ChrisKorda]

its the spindle motor =)

[johncheese002]

Me ET - You human. Me hungry. PIEPIEP ;)

[ProfBerti]

UFO transmitter

[Joseph9536]

Head is stuck to the platter!

[SgtSavage166]

I had a pair of old Maxtors, made them into drive speakers... and they stopped working even as speakers, lol

[Aqwert76]

Thers a ghost in your Harddrive...=P

[deathworm101]

typical maxtors, i had one older than that one by a year or two, and it screwed up so i get the data, and then i help it die.

[cipryanhos]

i think that read/write preamplifier scratch the disck so the HDD is totaly DEAD.You can only play with the motor and the disk :))

[FerralVideo]

It sounds to me like the heads are stuck to the platter. The *Nerrneerrr* sound is the spindle motor trying to start up, likely, and the *SKERRRRRR* is it managing to get the platters to turn under the stuck heads, then giving up a short time when it doesn't get the amount of movement it wants.

It's dead, Jim.

Although you should take it apart and post its insides when trying to start up to YouTube. Either way, the loud screetch is a BAD sign. No drive should ever make that noise.

[Scofield1708]

I agree with Ferral on this. That noise is not good at all. I doubt you can salvage any data off it. It seems to me like it's dead.

I've never heard a drive make that noise either. I have a drive just like yours. Maxtor and all. It even looks the same. How big is this one? Mine is a 2GB which runs at 5400RPM.

The only difference is mine was manufactured in 1997. It still runs though. I got it in a drawer right now not in use.

[NeoTifasRevenge]

I had a 80GB Diamondmax Maxtor that would do the same thing to me before it died... beeped like that, and the head would not spin up, so I recycled it.

[liquidoxygen0]

I've certainly never heard any drive make those noises before. My guess is that there is a scratch not circular in shape on at least one of the platters.

Beep sounds from hard drives or the POST always seem to scare the life out of me every time. :-o

[KellySaunders5]

Sounds like there's a scratch on the disc or the head is stuck. The drive certainly has a ton of read errors, which mean that there are spots on there that can't be used.

Try using an older Windows system like 98 or 95 to access the drive because those were the systems around when the drive was manufactured and are probably compatible with it. If an older system doesn't recognize the drive, you're probably out of luck.

The drive is on its last legs, so don't save anything important on it.

[mrtobbai]

or windows xp could work.

[mrtobbai]

U could try to open it, and just lift the spindle very carefylly a little and let it go, and take a smooth blow over it. make ur moth dry first;) It could save it. its just a little stuck. Or it could be that its so old that it is unreadable for new computers, try put in a computer with window 98 or 2000.

[GlycerinZ]

Ugh it's a Maxtor! Why does everyone get these drives, they're horrible

[matkovicha]

Thumbs up for you, they do suck!

[mkdsuser]

i had one of those, it meant something serious has happened with the head, it moves, etc etc but theres either something on the surface on disk preventing head from reading or the head is damaged, take the top of HDD apart, place a plastic bag round it (See thru one) and watch, i know the beep sounds are letting the user know the HDD has read errors (ALOT)

[produKtNZ]

Heads stuck to the platter?

[pewpewgoesthetrain]

I would shit my self if I heard that start going off in the middle of the night and I didn't know what it was..... thats creepy

[orpanyd]

Creepy is right, it kind of sounds like a little girl ghost thing.

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

ahh a musical maxtor..... seems a lot of them are sitting around playing music instead of working........ RIP maxtor

[FoamPackingPeanuts]

This means that the head's stuck to the platter. I had one that did this. Put it in a platic bag, put it in the freezer overnight, then let it warm back up, then turn it on.

[pkfreestylers]

hey mine dont make a beep as bad as this mine makes just a continues beep like every 5 seconds when i turn on, would this method still work?

[FoamPackingPeanuts]

Maybe. If it still works, better back it up before it bites the dust.

[BarneySaysHi]

That or the spindle is stuck.

[ClClBOOM]

@FoamPackingPeanuts wow it worked... never thought of it hihi tnx

[paulkaygmailcom]

@FoamPackingPeanuts

all you have to do is just give it a quick twist in your hand

[Ravenpulse]

thats kinda scary, open the fucker up! and make a vid too. what do u have to lose? nothing you cant already retrieve.

[BadAndUgly]

Ruined spindle bearings or heads stuck to platters. Bump it in one of the corners and see if it will come loose. May be ruined anyway.

[WC9456]

so you found a hard drive, and you where going to get data from it? lolol what if you found it filled with child porn

[intelinside1990]

Your comment is by far the worst.

I have a Western digital, so what???

=P

HA-HA

[TheGeek1028]

I've seen a WD last longer than any other drive. Maxtor's are okay, just DO NOT drop them, even 1/4 of an inch.

[goransin01]

Get what ever you can off it and then chuck it. As old as it is it certainly isn't worth keeping and most drives that old are 2-7 GB so you would be able to store all of it on 1 or 2 DVD-Rs.

[UltimateLinuxFans]

Dude, no F***ING way!!!! My old hard drive made that same exact sound.

[automat1982]

these sounds mean: "GO GET ME SOME PIZZA, QUICKLY!" ;-)

[MrBrander]

It could be that the bearings of its electrical motor have gone bad and the discs vibrate there. When the HD tries to read it, it gives those sounds because the reading heads hit the HD plates.

But I'm not an expert, just a wild guess.

In short, scrap it.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Actually, only the DiamondMax 8 series sucked.

I have a 91366U4 from 1999 and a 6Y060P0 from 2005 and both are going strong!

While I had bad luck with Seagate.

[Macintosh3745]

this had happened to me on my XP laptop! Yeah it needs scrapping!

[kwikpiv]

what horrible moosick, get it? music, moosick?

[oopy12]

brings me back to the old days, of when hds were fucking massive

[gpelite]

omg its flippin R2D2 version 1.0...

that was good for a laugh lmao

[cheetawolf]

whell, theres your proplem! its a maxtor!! :P

lol maxtor sux and my ears are bleeding XD

[JulioGeeMan]

Maxtor rocks

[cheetawolf]

thats...just...wrong...

MAXTOR SUX >:O

[immuki]

Maxtor AND seagate need to go bankrupt or get pwned by al qaeda

[TheGeek1028]

Ehh...Seagate's aren't that bad. Maxtor, kinda. They're both getting better.

(slaps myself)

What the fuck am I saying? They both suck! I'm surprised I still have a 2 GB one from 1997 that actually works.

[immuki]

Yes, they do suck.

[acecono]

Post that hard drive to Hard Drive Recovery company. I think: Head is stuck on the platers.

[axel1973w]

maxtor engineers seems to be sound engineers.. no joke! i did some experiments with my old maxtor (real bad quality hds btw!!) - spindle still turning, but wont hold any data anymore. so i removed any screws from the top plate (also those under the stickers/foil). then i hold the plates while powering on (no spinn), after few tries of the hds logic, the hd started to "sing". a 3 note melody with accending volume. i was pretty surprised that someone would make a HDs linear-Motor into a sound dev.

[banditZ1993]

u can make any harddrive make wierd sounds -_-" also maxtor harddrive had the best quailty back then infact my cousin still has a 1gb 1995 man it is still working now and is plugged into his computer for storing his music and in fact i have quite a few old maxtors around the house that are obsolete but still working

[speeddemon1092]

........... how about putting it through a SSI shredder? that will make it squeal alright!

[overcastgabriel]

it might be mad

[scottieneon]

gently tap the side of it with a hammer. that might just get the disks unstuck. i did that and it worked.

[overcastgabriel]

a hammer might brake it

[scottieneon]

I mean just tap itt lightly on the side.

[captain150]

I can't hear it well enough, does the disk spin up before making those sounds? If so, it's probably;

1. Bad/misaligned head(s)

2. Bad controller

The data is likely still there. It would be technically possible to recover it.

[mttm2006]

It doesn't spin up. It tried to, but I think something is stuck or jammed. I never heard it spin.

[devhook23]

@mttm2006 i've seen a drive like this. what you are hearing is the motor changing speeds. it's trying to compensate for the unmovable disk platter. likely a victim of a drop. although mine was just old and worn out when it did this

[jentle38]

just scrape the hard drive. buy a new one

there much cheaper now. I have lots of

harddrives and if they sound like like

that i just throw them away. There are

places that fix them, but I would not

pay for it.

[Chaser53pin]

maybe it's a message from mars.

[mttm2006]

I might value the data, but I don't know what's on it. I'm sure I have the data backed up somewhere though. I'm saving it for a rainy day when I can take it apart and dissect it :)

[produKtNZ]

Heads stuck to platter, but it sound like the head has come off the armature and the others continue to flail about.

afaik the 'tones' are emitted by the armatures that hold the read\write heads, oscillating as they try to goto the center of the disk for it's bootup s.m.a.r.t check.

If you value your data, never turn it on again =)

[Warzofidiots]

GZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

throw it lol

get new one get 1 tb

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

Musical Maxtor.. lol not suprising

[violenceinc]

thatd scare the dogshit outta me if i heard my hdd do that. o well sucks for you.

[maxtornogood]

I thought old Maxtors were actually supposed to be reliable. Oh well....

[speeddemon1092]

Maxtors? Reliable? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[maxtornogood]

Yeah, you could say that Reliable and Maxtor should never be in the same sentence. LOL

[RJARRRPCGP]

The 91366U4 from 1999 is reliable.

And the 6Y060P0, from 2005 is going strong, too!

[maxtornogood]

I tend to be a bit cynical of Maxtors, given their high failure rate in the modern day. Seems their old stuff was a bit more sturdy :)

[30129ss]

Maxtor is owned by Seagate now me thinks.

[maxtornogood]

True that but could mean Seagates will suck now. What about those 1TB drives of theirs that fail a lot? :-S

[30129ss]

Hopefully not, lol I am going to buy a seagate 1TB soon I hope they don't do that lol

[maxtornogood]

Really it's 50/50 as far as getting a dodgy 1TB Seagate goes. I wish you good luck ;)

[30129ss]

hehe  I will find out

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

damn at 1:24!!

[lclc1234]

trow it away

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[awfulguitarplucker]

the spindle motor is gone...

pirree pirreee...GRIIIIINDDDD!!!

[WinVistaUser2]

Bad Sectors

[alexchrisccc]

hmm that must get really anoying.

[topphemelig]

you should stop showering the computer, thats the problem... ;P

[gonepishing]

weird sound indeed!

[Bobensen]

The Head is probably stuck to the platter. If you want Carefully take it apart and nudge the head to get it unstuck. Anyay Maxtors always end up failing though...

[tombell12]

It's a Maxtor drive. They're known to fail a lot and make weird sounds. That particular sound I've never heard before. The loud sound could be the read head scraping on the platter so unless there is anything you critically need to get off from there you could just scrap it or burn it. No-one will get your data if you burn it :)

[pierrelebatteur]

aaahh! his is a problém I know her, I've already had with my old computer, it must be the engine that is broken or arm that can read information and file who are in hard drive, the best means is deposited with the repairer for computer disk recovered and transferred them to another box hard drive, here is advice that I hope you more

Bye bye!

[squeeb3]

Shut the fuck up you absolute fucking idiot.