Musical Maxtor

[MrFirestar952]

I Renember This Sound

My Old Hard Drive have the same problem ^^

The Hard Drive is Dead

[NEVERHEAD]

musical aliens killed another hard drive

[pd3331]

Windows Format

[KingMacintosh]

Maxtor connecting to it's creator by corrupting yet another innocent person's data.

[BOS6940]

STOP RINGIN ME!!!

[boogioogigoof]

Stiction. That's your problem.

[ThePhoneUpdate]

Ha! Sounds pretty funky if you ask me! I've had pretty good luck with Seagate & Maxtor drives myself though!

[Bluedino549]

Can I use the vid for trying to remix it? Please? It cries for a remix! :D

[Bluedino549]

For a single second, I thought my telephone's ringing. :D

[XxNekoRubyxX]

Ahh...how I hate that sound... My 500 gb maxtor is doing the same. T_T

[sonic503789]

ha, thats awesome

[LowJoe196]

look, there´s someone at the door!

[henrydamaster]

dooood are yu sure tahts a hard drive? could be a transformer

[schattenphoenix]

@henrydamaster Most likely, yea...

[the731272]

i don't know if this will work but take the heads off and spin the spindel the bend the heads up a little then put them back in.

[MissSkymin]

I may make this into a song.

[Nanobot02]

Headcrash^^

[mwalsher]

That sounds very much like the sound systems of old consoles (like NES) or Tandy 3-Voice.

[JISINSANE]

Well, my parents gave me there 4 year old pc "sony vaio desktop" cause they said it was very very slow so they like most people bought a new pc, No problem, i'll take all slow pc's and fix them, But anywhoo, it has a 200gb diamondmax 9 and it was running on average 60-65c, and it was not enclosed. FUCK, I simply rigged a fan to blow on it and bam, runs great, I can't believe it did not fry after all that time.

[sijmenjan]

I think the platters are stuck, mine made the same sound, and when i opened it, i wasn't able to turn the platters

[deathworm101]

new ringtone anyone?

[TeamXR07]

lmao, musical indeed.

[MOelkers]

what a defect it has? ^^

[Streaky1986]

its singing!

[LokianGOP]

..how the fuck...

[Racecar564]

I have a Maxtor too.

DiamondMax 21. It's a great doorstop.

Very, very great doorstop indeed.

I think it's reading head is stuck, but I don't know for sure.

It doesn't make music though.

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

i have a maxtor, its very useful and works good! the best door stop i ever had

[trustthewater]

Had this happen to a drive at work. Stuck spindle. Heads moved fine and their vibration on the platters makes that sound.

[winfr34k]

LOL?

[JulioGeeMan]

Either it was knocked over, dropped or not used in a while to get the head stuck :p

[fkimura]

The HD was not knocked over, neither dropped. And it was in full use when it broke. But I think it was a little overheated, as the pc case was mini-atx form factor

[fkimura]

The HD was not knocked over, neither dropped. And it was in full use when it broke. But I think it was a little overheated, as the pc case was mini-atx form factor

[the731272]

@fkimura stiction the spindel is stuck and trying to run so its sideeffect is the bleeps

[faxmanloveswaffles]

@fkimura nah that wasn't the problem. the problem was that u were using a maxtor. the most CHEAP hard drive you can get. get a Western Digital!

[Lukeno52]

@faxmanloveswaffles I've had a Western Digital fail on me with a bearing issue, so WD aren't foolproof either (indeed, no brand is) - and we have 3 old 5400 rpm Maxtor 20 GB drives that work perfectly. ;) And, no, I don't hate WD - I have 3 WD drives in my two machines, along with 1 Seagate and a Samsung drive. (The Maxtors aren't in either of my machines)

[YTBYTBTB]

head stucked to platters :(

[plugexpert]

I just had my cat jump my maxtor hd of my desk, killing it! Now my hd produces the exact same sound as in the video here! Is there a way I can retrieve some of the data on the disk or fix it? Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Kilen81]

Idk the exact specifics here with these errors, but if the bearings have stuck, try opening it up and give it a nudge with ur finger to get it spinning in BOOT. Beware not to touch the surface. And if the head is stuck... well then thats another matter

[Shreddinco]

this sound means the spindle is stuck

[BarneySaysHi]

That it sure is.

[WargMX]

It's a phone! :P The first time i heARD THIS I WAS LIKE: Wtf!?

[penjejakawan2003]

I've Maxtor Fireball 3 - 30Gb. This HD found be dead on 2006.... Strange noise and not detected by BIOS... I'm not willing to kill it, co'z a lot of important data inside....

[Eep386]

Ahhh yes, the Maxtor stuck bearing problem.

[xXxmidgexXx]

Use WD-40 without the 40!

[takuma10561008]

no progrem

[MRAZYXXX]

It heards like a telephone rings

[nakkion]

Maxtor harddrives, i love them. When you need something important from it, it brokes.

[uberweirzz]

I love maxtor <3

No i dont. I hate.

[CHARLIETWW]

The sound is very curious.

[natzoned]

this happens with it SITTING ON A DESK TOP DO NOT BUY

[scottieneon]

Is the disk accually spinning?

[maxtornogood]

Ah yes, Vintage Maxtor :)

Why would ya buy em?

"Cos they're cheap!!!"

You get what you pay for...

Maxtor - Cheap sucky shit :)

[chootastic]

Yeah, but buy a western digital caviar for arround the same price, and it'll last a lifetime

[ripsnorting13]

Seagate.

[banditZ1993]

hitachi is good too

[ripsnorting13]

Um i dont know about that, i have heard that hitachi drives are pretty crappy.

[banditZ1993]

mine is still working after 5 years of use as my main harddrive and it has been on for long periods of time

[cheetawolf]

i killed a western digital caviar, it was pretty easy :P so much for lasting a lifetime, it only lasted for 2 seconds before it died >:P

[chootastic]

Well, there are always duds

[cheetawolf]

no, i corrupted the data with a supermagnet :P

[chootastic]

Call me traditional, but i try to keep my expensive equipment away from large magnets.

[BarneySaysHi]

And oddly enough your harddrive contains at least one of those.

[chootastic]

This is true lol

[RowanLives]

all maxtors do that when they become self aware

[sciencoking]

huh? what´s that noise?

[tombell12]

I'm back. I've been thinking about it and I think this was the first video I ever saw on the Musical Maxtor :)

[RealmEternal]

lol

[Stormsarup]

Skynet is online...

[scottieneon]

You should open the drive and see what it's doing.

[peoplearestrange]

Hard disks are vacuum sealed. As soon as you break the seal the slightest spec of dust would destroy the head instantly as it floats microns from the surface of the disk... not that you could really fuck up this disk much more though.

[scottieneon]

I Know

[mima14031985]

@peoplearestrange: Hard drives are not vacuum sealed, are just sealed and the air inside kept as much clean as possible using filters. Air is needed inside as the heads can fly over the fast spinning disk under them (thanks to the Bernoulli effect, the same that makes a plane fly, but obviusly in much smaller sizes :-D)

[peoplearestrange]

That's pretty interesting (I know that sounds sarcastic over a youtube comment, but I actually mean it). I shall do some more research next time. Thanks :)

[mima14031985]

@peoplearestrange: you're welcome man :-)

[mwalsher]

@peoplearestrange Not quite. Look through a copy of Scott Muellers Upgrading & Repairing PCs. He describes demonstrations in which he had not only ran the drives without their covers for days on end, but even pressed his finger on the platters to bend them down occasionally. The drives continued to function properly despite popular expectations. Of course he wrote that part back in the earlier editions, so todays drives probably dont count.

[robertrocks4]

hit it with a hammer reely hard and it should work fine

[lightkillingshadow]

It'd Look Cool If Someone Took A "Musical" Maxtor, And Take The Top Off ( If The Warranty's Expired) And Make A Video Of It. :)

[LloydGenis]

I had the same poblem heres explaination -

I just bought my maxtor 200gb and it worked perfectly. then it felt off my desk in 3'5 hdd case. After that fall it makes identical sound. Because i had a warranty i sent it back to shop. They said that so it makes that sound besause it cant spin, its completely broken electronic. But the data can be recovered...

[intlklr]

this means disk cannot spin up, either get new HDD or, fix it ur self.

[trashkan66]

I have same problem,same melody..

i think over-voltage or short circuit made my hd sound..

IF anyone have any idea how to repair from this state pls MSG...

[mattsuzanna1992]

wow ive watch 5 maxtor videos all failing in a row, something tells me not to get maxtor!

[tombell12]

So true. I've also googled "maxtor sucks" and got plenty ;)

[nerazurri44]

I have the same fuc*ing problem!! It sounds in the same way 120GB Maxtor, but sometimes it works...

[Izlude]

wish mine would do that. i just replaced mine with a raptor though. prolly gonna stick osx86 on it though.

[skipmeister123]

i bought a 17 gb maxtor when it was brand new. still works like a peach today. on a side note, i only use western digital anymore.

[norcalsurfer]

Every single Maxtor Drive I have owned has failed. This time I lost a terabyte of info (stuff I didn't really need anyway).. Maxtor sucks

[tenebrae654789]

yeah . seagate rules ... i only use seagate drives , and they last !! they're the best out there , maxtor are so noisy and ... unreliable ...

[spacemanspiff33]

fyi seagate has owned maxtor since 2005

[Thamasigsrp]

I had bed luck with them in the old xbox had 2 die on me

[EatOoze]

My Seagate is dying and it's new!

[BlkSerialKilla]

The hard disk head is stuck on the platter ...Sucks for you. Last resort you could try applying some controlled abrupt hitting with a rubber mallet on the corners of the drive when it has power. Just a suggestion :)

[FXrobot]

A bad motor makes that noise too.

[DarKmaNiaN]

wow. thats crazy shyt, how the heck do you ruin them that hard?

[wisteela]

Cool. Yes certain models are crap. I must be lucky, as mine still works fine.

[PublicEnemyNO1]

maxtor is crap

[randomice]

double true!

[compudude86]

yea i know, thats not too exciting when all your shit is on the hard drive!!

[SuperCat]

Maxtor are garbage they lost the plot years ago...

[haloooodude]

Basicaly you ruined your hard drive. Hey at least its got a piano or some kind of instrument to make a nice music! lol.

[dysphonix]

At least this drive didnt't burn down your computer, like my Maxtor did today to mine =(

[soliduxxx]

This just happend to 2 of my maxtors. So Can this be fixed for an affordable price?

[inquilaabi]

I have the same problem! did you ever find a fix for it??

[videonello]

Try to freeze it for few days. In this way I've repaired my old Western Digital 853.6mb produced in 1995!

[flamerail]

IVE DONE THIS TO!! That tells u the head is stuck. :)

[knobbyz]

Wow, that was so exciting

[chrissy07girl]

u must be sarcastic

[dmcwebd]

lol i was getting that same noise with my maxtor xD

[necrophobicbcn]

WAAHAHAHAAH!!! its very funny video xDDDDD

[poppinfresh]

its a feature, not a hardware failure.

[gatorman22]

That's just a seized Maxtor. The spindle won't spin freely and it makes that little melody. Nothing special. Western Digital has their own little sound too.

[carbontwelve]

lol wow so thats actually with no human intervention at all :o I was expecting it to be somthing like what I have done where you pass an audio signal through to the heads and it plays the signal :)

[Donal230]

lol

[toddlans]

thats crazy dude. I wasn't figuring it would be different pitches and melodic.