loud bearing sound and possible head issues??

[Spitfire2678]

this sound is like dragging your nails down a blackboard. arrrgghh!!!

http://www.qwacomputers.com.au/sounds/hdd_sound.m4a

what does everyone think. this is a drive a client brought to me today.

cant get a response from terminal with hd doctor for seagate even with pcb disconnected from head contacts.

had to upload this sound to my website as hddguru wouldnt allow extension.

[ShaneWard]

Sounds like a damaged head scratching the platters. Is it laptop drive or desktop?

Shane

[thatdellguy]

After one second of hearing that you should have opened the drive to see the damage. Not played with it on terminal. If the heads turn to dust the terminal doesn't really help.

[Spitfire2678]

ShaneWard, its a desktop drive. ST31000340AS

thatdellguy, too late for that as the customer has already had it humming away. she originally played the sound to me over phone. dont have a portable clean room at all either.

if there is any hope left i was going to escalate it to a data recovery pro. but i have let the customer know that it will probably be costly.

[northwind]

To me, this drive is FUBAR. Sorry.

[BlackST]

FUBAR to me too.

Or very expensive and maybe partial recovery only possible.