Maxtor Failure (Click of Death)

This is the sound of a failed Maxtor 60GB hard drive (D540X-4D). It didn't have any important data on it.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• hard
• drive
• disk
• hdd
• fail
• failure
• crash
• click
• whirr
• loud
• maxtor
• diamondmax
• D540X-4D
• click of death

[GogiRB]

men i've got a maxtor 300gb and It started to make weird sounds :( i'm worried 'bout it

btw any idea the warranty of maxtor?

[shaurz]

@GogiRB Make sure to back up all the data on the drive.

[shaurz]

@GogiRB I think the standard warranty on Maxtor drives is 3 years.

[dq476]

I've ony had good experience with WD, Seagate, Samsung, and IBM. I have had to maxtors, one has died, the other is in my ps2. WD in my laptop, desktop, samsung and seagate in my server, and ibm in my secondary desktop.

[shaurz]

@dq476 All my current drives are WD and Samsung. This was a really old 60GB drive which I had already stopped using.

[DLiberator78]

Ouch! I've had one of those babies die on me also and I didn't back the damn thing up in time! Still we live and learn. I had a couple of Maxtor drives die on me and now I just don't buy them anymore. I share your pain.

[shaurz]

@DLiberator78 It was an old drive with nothing important on it. It was working when I stopped using it but when I tested it again this happened.

[orasis]

Every Maxtor I've ever had died. - They are horrible, horrible drives.

Best ones I've had are Western Digital. Seagate.. is so so 2 will work for a long time for ever 1 that dies prematurely.

NEVER EVER buy Maxtor hard drives -you're asking for it if you do.

[FUzzyBUnnyBOoties]

I wouldnt own another maxter even if it was free.

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

@GogiRB there is none, because maxtor is no more (Seagate bought), the warranty is to replace with a ever reliable drive WDC.. never had an issue with one.

[Dolby3d]

I have just 1 big click

[irulethe70s]

@orasis It has been giving me i/o errors like crazy, it is a non-critical computer until it gets a WD

[orasis]

@irulethe70s

Yeah man, Max-Fail should be the company name.

Good luck! :D

[irulethe70s]

@orasis I have a dell that was given to me complete with a Maxtor 40GB not booting Linux

Installing 10.10, hope it works!

[KingMacintosh]

@orasis I just took out a 7-year old Maxtor that was corrupting itself. What a fucking nightmare that computer was until I replaced it for someone. I disagree with WD, I've had tons of issues with them too, only WD I have that works is from 1997. One from 2007, 2008 and 2009, dead bad bearings, dying, and dead from bad heads. But I totally agree with Maxtor, if anyone has a Maxtor, REMOVE AND REPLACE IT, GET AN IDE TO SATA CARD IF NEEDED.

[KingMacintosh]

@dq476 Funny you say that. I have one WD working from 1997. All my other WDs, 2007 internal 3.5, 2008 external 3.5, 2009 external 2.5, have died or dying. Many other stories of WDs junkies like I formally was show how we got fucked by WD's cheap junk. I have a Samsung ready to die, and a Maxtor just about dead but very corrupted. I have 2 Seagate, both working great, 1 Hitachi working great and a Fujitsu in a laptop. I guess time will tell. I'm with Seagate and Hitachi now thanks to experience.

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

d540x-4d maxtor, it is just like the older maxtors, same seek noise and head release.. i used to have a 40 gb maxtor of this flavor, it had bad sectors, so i met it the magnet. it sounded just like this too, with the krrrrrrrrrrrrrrr click krrrrrr krrr krrrrrrr click, then i beat the spindle with a screwdriver untiul the platters came unbalanced. stupid crapstor, stick with WDC.