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
November 18th, 2014, 18:13
Can anyone identify what type if failure this is? If it's just a stuck head I'd consider opening and attempting to unstick. Thanks
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November 18th, 2014, 19:09
Sounds like it might be stuck heads, but hard to say from a recording (much easier with my ear on the drive). Can you tell if it's spinning up at all?
With those it could also be that the heads missed the ramp and are stuck off the edge of the platter. In either event, I'd highly recommend against opening it unless you have a clean room. But then again, it's your data.
November 18th, 2014, 19:47
Seems to be spinning yes. Clean room argument is valid, but the data isn't too important and I'm unlikely to ever pay the high cost of sending it out.
November 19th, 2014, 4:58
most likely media scratch.
not head stuck for sure.
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