My hard disk just went click-click-click and died

[Adrian Tung]

It was a 30.7GB Maxtor DiamondMax VL40 5400RPM drive that I have had for nearly two years. It all happened so suddenly... I heard the clicks, immediately did a scandisk but the scan failed halfway through. I then tried to copy my data to my primary hard disk but only managed to get a few files. The next thing I know, the drive became completely inaccessible. I had to unplug it in order for WinXP to run properly without freezing the system.

I lost mostly my MP3s and downloads, which I can recover since I have a lot backed up on CD-R, but my most recent documents were lost.

This is the second hard drive that has died on me in my entire life, and is also the most severe case that I have experienced. Just to share the experience with you guys, nothing more. Next time, when I have enough cash I'm considering RAID to avoid such mishaps altogether.


atwl

 

[InsaneMorphius]

Sorry for your loss

 

[Wolfsraider]

try the freezer for 10 minutes or so in a PLASTIC BAG then plug back into computer power up get any all you can

sometimes this works sometimes it dont

hope it helps

 

[Fjive]

oh...i have had 2 maxtor with bad sectors in just 3 months....1 quantum caught fire (by itself) and couple of 'chips' got burn....and went dead...
can you believe it ?