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Western Digital hard drives shock resistance, or lack there of.

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I thought hard drives were supposed to be able to take a good shock without breaking. Apparently not! A few minutes ago there was an "incident" involving a sleepy me and a Western Digital Caviar 33200 that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was sitting on top of a monitor I have on the floor. I accidently kicked it and the HD slid down the back of the monitor and hit the floor (it made a lot of noise sliding down the monitor). I should note that I get quite annoyed by things that make noise in the middle of the night (note the time) even if it's caused by me.

Well, I got pissed and picked it up and slamed it against my leg. Suffice it to say, the drive is now very VERY dead. Judging from the sounds it makes when I shake it, I would guess the neodymium (sp?) magnets came loose (as well as a few other things). I feel really bad now. 🙁🙁🙁 To make matters worse, this is not even my hard disk! The only good thing is the drive was already failing when I got it (WD error code 0585). I just hope the owner does not ask for it back. :Q

Quick! Someone get a restraining order before I kill anymore HD's!
 
I can't really think of any desktop hard drives that would take that abuse without dying. Perhaps a locked vault would be a better place for future hard drives so you don't accidentally drop them. 🙂
 
hey can take an amazing amount of shock for the accuracy they provide, but you cant drop it on the floor and bash it on your knee!:Q
 
Yea...droping a hard drive on the floor and then smashing it against your knee is a sure fire way to kill it 🙂
 
Then "Judging from the sounds it makes when I shake it" to see if it's still working. LOL

I know who to never trade a HD to!
 
Dropping it on the floor probably didn't hurt it, but bashing any sensitive component against your knee is going to kill it. Good job.
 
lol!! thats like dropping a monitor off your desk, kicking it, and then wondering why it wont turn on. comp parts just aren't made to take that kind of abuse. Next time just don't leave parts laying around like that (he he he, I can say this because you can't see my room 🙂 )
 


<< I can't really think of any desktop hard drives that would take that abuse without dying. Perhaps a locked vault would be a better place for future hard drives so you don't accidentally drop them. 🙂 >>

I dunno, my friend dropped a 20GB maxtor 3 feet onto hardly padded indoor/outdoor carpet and it works perfectly fine.

I don't buy into WD, I hear more bad about them...
 
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