Harddrive blows up

John Doe wrote:
> "geoff" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>> Turned on one of my computers this morning and my Magnetic Data
>>> drive died the click of death. All it does is click,click, click.
>
>> It could be the HD was sending you a message, you know, 'click
>> click click' followed by 'long click long click long click', etc.
>
> lol
>
> An SOS "backup your data".
>
It was backed up on other media. Nothing was lost.

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Claude Hopper wrote:
> Turned on one of my computers this morning and my Magnetic Data drive
> died the click of death. All it does is click,click, click. I guess I
> won't buy any more of those again.

Brand and model of the disk? Notebook or desktop?

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
> Claude Hopper wrote:
>> Turned on one of my computers this morning and my Magnetic Data drive
>> died the click of death. All it does is click,click, click. I guess I
>> won't buy any more of those again.
>
> Brand and model of the disk? Notebook or desktop?
>
Magnetic Data Tech White Label Magnetic Data Tech 250.0GB EIDE 7200Rpm
Ultra ATA 2MB 8.9ms, 3.5 inch OEM Comparable to WD (Western Digital)
Maxtor and Seagate. 6 month replacement warranty 250gb


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