iomega jaz drive makes wierd noises

[HelmetVanga]

This noise is wierd..I have a 750MB internal zipdrive and when boot, it makes a squicking noise, it is wierd...it does work and reads and writes data on the zip discs..but the noise is freaking me out, and I don't like it one bit.

[BRANKO27]

@HelmetVanga I have an external one, and sometimes i hear just you did, but when i put other disk in drive everything is just fine.

[EpicMan83]

Why was it shaking across the table?

[pufixas]

haha, its a ZIP drive clone!

[spacehelmetforacow]

@pufixas no, actually, this was made by the same compant that made Zip drives, but uses a completely diffrerent technology.

Zip disks are basically really high-density floppy disks, while this is more like some hard drive platters in a hard shell.

[pufixas]

@spacehelmetforacow

ohhh. :)

[DJRonnieG]

That don't sound entirely normal for this drive. Not entirely abnormal.. I'd run a chkdsk /f for the heck of it. Beyond that if you ever remember turning it sideways while it was on in the past, then that definitely effected it.

[BV93630360JUAN]

heh, cool

[jobert512]

I think that sound is normal since the drive first needs to seek and identify its file system and i also need a jaz drive.

[Krazax]

Jaz Drives were a HORRIBLE product. Crashed and failed constantly. At the animation school I attended and worked at as tech support, these drives were being returned constantly for repairs and refunds. Iomega finally issued a blanket, return it and we'll refund your money policy in order to save face.

[bullet50000]

that sounds like the Click of death

[ignoblius]

If your Jaz can still read its cartridges, get yourself an external HD and transfer data ASAP. Consider yourself warned.

[7hat1guy]

Are they supposed to move like that?

[JAKExTHExRAKE]

haha, no, i would know, i have one