Maxtor Hard Drive sounds like a music box

[sfreeman]

When my PC failed to boot, the issue was the hard drive. It does not spin up and sounds like a music box (no clicking, just a real music box) when (data cable is disconnected or connecte and) power is applied to it.

It is a Maxtor 200 gig DiamondMAX plus 9.

Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks

 

[airhendrix13]

The only thing I can think of is the read/write heads could be colliding with the platters. If you have a warranty for it, try contacting Western Digital (WD bought out Maxtor), they might replace it for you. As for the data, try bringing it to a friends house and connecting it to his/her PC. You might be able to salvage if not all the data, some of it.

Hope this helped,

airhendrix13

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: airhendrix13
If you have a warranty for it, try contacting Western Digital (WD bought out Maxtor), they might replace it for you.

Hope this helped,

airhendrix13

Not to nitpick, but I think it was Seagate that bought out Maxtor.

 

[sfreeman]

Thanks for the help...

The sound coming out the hard drive does not sound like the heads....It really does sound like a music box playing a tune.

I did try to RMA the drive and it is out of warranty.

When I do a goolge search, I just get the web that want to sell me a drive... I cannot find a web site that lists the symtoms...

Thanks

 

[AnitaPeterson]

if you count the tones, is it something like a 10-12 sound trill? Like a cellphone?

you might have stumbled across the infamous Maxtor ghost song - you know, the one that the company says it doesn't exist:
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t43161.html

I had this happen to me, a couple of months before the HDD died, RUN, don't walk to the store to buy a replacement!

 

[airhendrix13]

lxskllr, you're right, it was Seagate. My bad.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

trust me on this... if the noises are anything like what's described in the thread linked in my previous post, you migt lose your data anytime.

BACK. UP. NOW !!!

 

[Vyx]

Dang Anita, As soon as I read the thread title I was thinking about the musical maxtor thread and was going to link it but you beat me to it. (Used to spend most of my time @ TIMO).

I agree, you should try to backup your data and get a replacement ASAP.