Edit: Just in case you're wondering, the drive was a Quantum Fireball CR 8.4 AT
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Tyrannically Benevolent  Group: Registered Posts: 11,250 Joined: 15-July 01 From: Purgatory Member No.: 82 
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We pulled a bad drive apart at work this afternoon. It had a nasty rattle to it before we opened it, but we didn't expect this:
Edit: Just in case you're wondering, the drive was a Quantum Fireball CR 8.4 AT This post has been edited by Marshalus: Feb 27 2008, 20:10 |
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Resident Elite  Group: Registered Posts: 1,120 Joined: 13-April 06 From: From: North London, UK Living: Coventry, UK Member No.: 163,350
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Wow, thats one destroyed HDD.
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Resident Elite  Group: +Subscriber² Posts: 1,356 Joined: 7-January 04 From: Abilene TX Member No.: 44,646
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Wow
 metal shavings everywhere....but the question is.... will it blend? 
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Slim chance of recovering the data from it, I'd guess.
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Neowinian UNSTOPPABLE  Group: Registered Posts: 6,394 Joined: 25-January 07 From: Wisconsin, USA Member No.: 198,736
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holy schnizzle...
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Neowinian Senior  Group: Registered Posts: 2,213 Joined: 25-August 07 From: UK Member No.: 235,151
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Nice
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Resident Elite Group: Registered Posts: 1,549 Joined: 29-April 02 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 12,131
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Holy crap..what did you do to that poor hard drive!!
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Curbside Prophet  Group: Registered Posts: 251 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 90,366
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That's pretty messed up! Just how bad was the noise it had been making?
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Damn, that drive committed suicide pretty hard.
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Neowinian Senior Group: +Subscriber² Posts: 2,198 Joined: 24-October 03 From: West Sussex, UK Member No.: 38,553
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Bad, how old was that drive?
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Neowinian ULTRAKILL  Group: Global Moderator Posts: 10,031 Joined: 7-January 05 From: London, UK Member No.: 89,580
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Youch!
That looks pretty damn bad  .
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Neowinian Wise One  Group: Registered Posts: 5,240 Joined: 5-September 04 From: Brisbane, Aussie Member No.: 70,235
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What the.... how? Why?... HOW!?
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Virtorio Group: Registered Posts: 4,555 Joined: 28-April 03 From: Hamilton, New Zealand Member No.: 27,111
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Quote - (Blaine @ Feb 26 2008, 00:08)  Wow metal shavings everywhere....but the question is.... will it blend? Of course, it's not a Chuck Norris action figure. |
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Neowin Rocker  Group: Moderator Posts: 10,974 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Boscastle, Cornwall Member No.: 26,671
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What make was the HDD?
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pr0n overload.
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