Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 6th, 2009, 19:26
Hi I have a Seagate FreeAgent 500gb hard drive that is no longer being detect and is making a grinding sound. The hard drive fell on the floor. Does the hard drive head need to be replace?
Re: Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 6th, 2009, 19:37
Time for RMA... 
Re: Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 6th, 2009, 23:45
thatdellguy wrote:Time for RMA...
can the data be retrieved and what would cause the grinding sound?
Re: Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 7th, 2009, 2:41
The grinding sound is either the bearings or your data being turned into dust.
Re: Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 7th, 2009, 2:43
If you need the data, then this one NEEDS to go to a pro. There is NOTHING you can do for this one I'm afraid to say.
Re: Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 7th, 2009, 10:51
Zero Alpha wrote:The grinding sound is either the bearings or your data being turned into dust.
i think its the bearings, cause when i pick up the drive (I removed the drive from the external FreeAgent case) it sounds like its wombling inside.
just a rough estimate if it was the bearings how much would it cost to fix?
Re: Hard Drive not working, grinding sound.
October 7th, 2009, 13:56
Ah ha!
Broken spindle, 99% for sure.
Have done these before, any decent pro should be able to handle this.
Broken spindle, 99% for sure.
Have done these before, any decent pro should be able to handle this.
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