Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
Post a reply

WD 3.5" makes some noise pattern

October 9th, 2013, 3:47

hi,

i have WD model: WD5000AAVS-00G9B0 DCM: HHNNHTJMHB size: 500.0 GB. i connect to power. it spins up and makes some noise pattern then stops spinning. i can't access to the drive. what's the problem.

Re: WD 3.5" makes some noise pattern

October 9th, 2013, 4:48

If 'noise pattern' means a short cycle of heads knocking, in conjunction with spindle stopping, very likely you have bad heads

Re: WD 3.5" makes some noise pattern

October 9th, 2013, 5:05

hi,

is it possible for bad sectors on platter?

Re: WD 3.5" makes some noise pattern

October 9th, 2013, 5:25

possible, but the bad secots would have to be in the system area right where the drives firmwhere is. It's more likely the drive has a head crash. A DR company should give you a free check service I beleave.

Shane

Re: WD 3.5" makes some noise pattern

October 9th, 2013, 5:50

emkanapot wrote:hi,

is it possible for bad sectors on platter?


No - its heads.

Re: WD 3.5" makes some noise pattern

October 9th, 2013, 12:01

hddguy wrote:
emkanapot wrote:hi,

is it possible for bad sectors on platter?


No - its heads.

Agreed.
Post a reply