Here's a good example of one: Seagate 7200.11 series, 1.5 TB, model ST31500341AS
It didn't look bad on the outside or anything like that (I put that note on the HDD after I opened it… so there's some foreshadowing for you .) But as soon as I plugged it in, it sounded absolutely horrible, making loud clicking and grinding noises. I thought it might be bad spindle motor at first. Curiosity got the better part of me, as usual, so I decided to open it. And this is what I found:
And a high-res picture (link format to save on loading bandwidth)
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1580607991
Uh-oh… Goodbye precious data! Hello magic “pixie dust”.
I should have known to expect this, though: while opening the HDD, I did notice some black “dust” started sticking to my fingers “out of nowhere”. As I started opening the HDD more, I saw more of that dust pour onto my carpet – and let me tell you, this crap is hard to get off from there. Had to vacuum my floor several times to get rid of the few spots where the dust fell. Also took dish detergent to wash the dust off the skin on my fingers, as it is very fine.
Fortunately, I didn't loose any data, as this wasn't one of my HDDs. It's a failed HDD I got from work. Still not a big loss in terms of data, as the HDD contained old surveillance video footages that were backed up elsewhere (and at this point, not really needed either.) Moreover, I don't even have to low-level format the HDD now.
It's interesting that this HDD still kept the platters spinning, despite the obviously failed head(s). Maybe I should cut a round piece of sand paper and glue it onto that top platter – table top bench grinder/sander! Fitting purpose, given the above images.
(No really, I might actually do that ^ )
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Anyone else have extreme HDD failures like this to share?
It didn't look bad on the outside or anything like that (I put that note on the HDD after I opened it… so there's some foreshadowing for you .) But as soon as I plugged it in, it sounded absolutely horrible, making loud clicking and grinding noises. I thought it might be bad spindle motor at first. Curiosity got the better part of me, as usual, so I decided to open it. And this is what I found:
And a high-res picture (link format to save on loading bandwidth)
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1580607991
Uh-oh… Goodbye precious data! Hello magic “pixie dust”.
I should have known to expect this, though: while opening the HDD, I did notice some black “dust” started sticking to my fingers “out of nowhere”. As I started opening the HDD more, I saw more of that dust pour onto my carpet – and let me tell you, this crap is hard to get off from there. Had to vacuum my floor several times to get rid of the few spots where the dust fell. Also took dish detergent to wash the dust off the skin on my fingers, as it is very fine.
Fortunately, I didn't loose any data, as this wasn't one of my HDDs. It's a failed HDD I got from work. Still not a big loss in terms of data, as the HDD contained old surveillance video footages that were backed up elsewhere (and at this point, not really needed either.) Moreover, I don't even have to low-level format the HDD now.
It's interesting that this HDD still kept the platters spinning, despite the obviously failed head(s). Maybe I should cut a round piece of sand paper and glue it onto that top platter – table top bench grinder/sander! Fitting purpose, given the above images.
(No really, I might actually do that ^ )
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Anyone else have extreme HDD failures like this to share?
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