Should a hard drive really sound like this?

[Technoid]

We got in a laptop that was "broken" (yup, some customers thinks that’s a reasonable description of the problem ) and my co-worker turned it on and heard something he first thought was a failing fan.

He removed the hdd to make a backup in case it had to be sent in on warranty and, well just look for yourself

[Jon P. Inghram]

That can't be good... perhaps it needs to be defragmented? And by that I mean open it and clean the bits of broken metal out.

[lowlifecat]

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jpi> how are you able to see it?

[gt40]

jpi> how are you able to see it?

seen her fine.

sounds like a cake mixer

[knirfie]

Sounds more like my moped when one of the piston rings (correct word?) had broken

[Dr Mordrid]

And what brand of cake mixer is this?

[ND66]

And what brand of cake mixer is this?

Not sure, but the next natural thing to do would be.....

How To Fix A Hard Drive




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[Drizzt]

It should have a detached platter.

[Technoid]

It should have a detached platter.

It's going into the circular archives anyway, so I really don't care How its making the noise