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.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:14:42 -0400, 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.
You probably have a loose magnet. Fortunately this is easy to diagnose.
To diagnose it you need a strong neomodium magnet and move it all over
the HDD case. If there is a loose magnet you will hear it moving inside
as it is attracted or repelled by the magnet you are moving.
GortWeasel wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:14:42 -0400, 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.
>
> You probably have a loose magnet. Fortunately this is easy to diagnose.
> To diagnose it you need a strong neomodium magnet and move it all over
> the HDD case. If there is a loose magnet you will hear it moving inside
> as it is attracted or repelled by the magnet you are moving.
>
Another time joke.
John Doe wrote:
> Claude Hopper <boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> Turned on one of my computers this morning and my Magnetic Data
>> drive died the click of death.
>
> Magnetic Data drive?
>
>
>
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> 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.
It could be the HD was sending you a message, you know, 'click click click'
followed by 'long click long click long click', etc.
Actually, that is why I maintain two HDDs, to back up data. It is unlikely
that both drives would fail at the exact same time and backup from one drive
to another is a lot easier then backup to CD, etc.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:30:49 GMT, John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid>
put finger to keyboard and composed:
>Claude Hopper <boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> Turned on one of my computers this morning and my Magnetic Data
>> drive died the click of death.
>
>Magnetic Data drive?
It might help to see some photos, especially of the PCB. I found one
forum post that suggests they may be refurbished drives from well
known manufacturers.
- Franc Zabkar
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geoff 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.
>
> It could be the HD was sending you a message, you know, 'click click click'
> followed by 'long click long click long click', etc.
>
> Actually, that is why I maintain two HDDs, to back up data. It is unlikely
> that both drives would fail at the exact same time and backup from one drive
> to another is a lot easier then backup to CD, etc.
>
> --g
>
>
There was nothing important on it.
Harddrive blows up 
Linear Mode
