Seagate 320 gig hard drive failure

[djlaw56what]

thats the kind of problem i have on mine as well it makes that beeping noise

[joshgura]

The government can recover a hard drive that is true-crypted twice, written with random data 10 times, ran through an MRI for 24 hours, melted and cast into the shape of Hot-Wheels cars and finally ground down and eaten in gel-caps by Hare Krishnas. The government can even un-fry eggs. But alas, we mere civilians get one click of death and we are SOL.

[benriv16]

but will it blend?

[ManInBones01]

Awwww, I was really hoping you were going to smash it with a hammer towards the end.

[kuntyfacedbitch]

Seagate's suck!!!! i like wd's better . they last longer. and intel ssds suck and over! heat and cnt run an operating system for a year with out corrupting shit!. ssd's get alztimers after a while basically. they have LIMITED amount of times your can save shit and delete shit on it . retarded . i love my hard drive . its wd blue 500 gb. ;] so idgaf

[Lukeno52]

Yep, that's screwed.

[ISniffDirtyPanties]

DIRTY PANTIES!!!

[uphill248]

Hi, I have an SATA hard drive (Maxtor) and a second SATA hard drive, but the connection to the motherboard is different from each other. Do I need a converter? Please Help. I would also like to buy a new hard drive (SATA) how would I know if the connection to the motherboard is the same?? Please Help

[aeg12p]

This is the Click Of Death phenonm, It came with some Iomega Zip disks.

[Kilen81]

Whats with all the newer Seagates breaking down... Me and my friends all had one or 2 seagates in our pcs in the past, not even one of them failed, sure they were noisy but. Running all WD now, silent and cool, they are my new 1:st choice at all times. And no i dont work at WD.

[EMOSUCKS283AA]

the new Seagates are made by maxtor

[Kilen81]

Yea i saw that a while after i made a comment here, that would explain a lot. U dont happen to know When they took over the manufacturing of their harddrives, and what models i should avoid?

[EMOSUCKS283AA]

all drives made from 2006

[TehMG]

This I think is the one type of hard drive failure that even the pros can't retrieve your data from.

Basically one or more heads actually came in contact with the platter and scratched off the magnetic coating. The data is physically destroyed.

Normally, the heads float just above the platters and never actually touch.

[pikachuthesquirtle]

lol

[steelp32]

hey guys, am having dificulty opening/dismantling my seagate 320GB... plz help.

[liquidoxygen0]

steelp32: You need to purchase a T Series screwdriver. However, once you do this, it is unlikely to be able to function normally thereafter because dust and additional air will rush in with no cover. Plus, there is then a much heightened risk of a head crash if the heads catch dust particles.

[weinerschnitzelboy]

a hard drive crash. darn thats bad

[THEMAKER888]

its a clock

thats what it sounds like

[NZChicken]

if you get any dust on the disk (at all) then its fucked. So good luck with that. When they do disk recoveries (transplant the disks to another hdd case) they usually do it in a clean room.

[mattydj1]

this is what my hard drive sounds like

i got a 500 gig maxtor drive like an idiot and i got on the saturday at 2:30 in the afternoon and was broke by 10:00 on sunday morning - dont buy one they are a piece of shit and break to easy

[cheetawolf]

yeah, maxtor sucks! >:D

[cenzo188]

Ive been using a maxtor 40 gig for backups for many years... i don't see what all the fuss is about...

[draculapw]

seagates do seem to be the best to... sadly the new ones havent been quite as good as they have been.

[Marius070784]

@draculapw That's because Seagate bough Maxtor a few years ago.... some of the Seagate drives today are now manufactured by Maxtor, wich explains why Seagate drives has started to fail more often than they used to.

[scottieneon]

320gig! OUCH!

[Thunderbolt1003Fan]

seagate should not fail, i have 50 seagates running 24/7, and they are still going strong. maxtor should be the ones failed! :)

[scottieneon]

My iriver mp3 6gb mp3 player has a seagate harddrive and it has failed and is now clicking all the time.

[Stevenup7004]

Seagates are the worst hard drives I've owned. I've had 3 seagates for only a year and they both crashed within 4 months of eachother... I've had 5 WD hdds last for well over 5 or 6 years...

[Thunderbolt1003Fan]

Really? I had really good luck with seagate and WD Raptor X, but i had maxtors brand new die in one hour. so don't buy maxtor they suck!

[slaterking1000]

NOOOOO not seagate

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

EVERY HDD can have headcrash...

[slaterking1000]

how long you have them. BE CAREFUL with hard drives dont drop or move them suddly.

BUT, when soild stae comes out u wont have this problem.

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

One Seagate is more than 10 years old, one is (i think) 4 years old, one seagate is 1 year old, one is 3 months and my newest one is 4 days old

[LoudS1l3nc3]

if you've opened your drive, forget about ALL the files on it. in a few days they will be corrupted.