The Sounds of Failing Hard Drives

zzptichka sends along a link to recordings of typical sounds from 35 different failing and dying hard drives. The host of these sounds, Datacent, is in the business of data recovery, so presumably they have heard it all.

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Yep we hear them all too - fascinating PR win

[Wiseleo]

This story is an example of a fascinating marketing win for the PR company handling datacent's account. Drivesavers just did something similar kicking off their FUD campaign against other DR firms, like mine.

Heck, I published some videos on youtube how to rip apart external enclosures.

So, what the hell, since this story is a slashvertisement, I'll play along! If you hear such sounds, give me a call as well. I can actually tell you what can be done with your specific drive and don't charge an arm and a leg, just the arm.

http://www.harddiskcrashed.com/?sl

Re:Sounds bad

[something_wicked_thi]

That's not a good idea. Hard drives tend to die early or they last for a while, so by swapping the drives out like that, you're just making it more likely that you'll fall victim to hard drive infant mortality.

If you want to avoid the problem, set up a RAID 1 mirror or similar.

But you can't dance to it

[Crash Culligan]

adnonsense: It's almost musical. In an avant-garde sort of way.

Heck, I figured that just by reading the summary. Imagine my disappointment, then, when I got to the page and discovered the sounds were all encapsulated in mini Flash players instead of available to download, trim down, and load into the sampler of my choice.

Nice variety of sounds, but totally inaccessible. I give it a D.