Old Seagate is Clicking


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Just yesterday one of my classmates was telling me something about his comp going dead, so I told him that I could help him, he then said that he wanted to check something out first, I said okay.

Next day I found out that the "something" he wanted to check was the HD, what he did was open the HD (very brutally) and then clean it using a vacuumcleaner.

Now, he thinks that he has ruined it completely, so he gave it to me, so I could have some fun with it.

Now I've tried to attach it to my pc, but all it does is do a weird clicking sound, which is the reader thing going back and forth (the HD was open when he gave it to me, and I say it). Is there any way I could test this harddisk to see if it works?

Any help would great :).

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It's probably dead. If you can somehow still access it, you should take any data off of it before it goes completely dead. And check with Seagate to see if the drive is still under warranty. If it is, you can get it replaced for free.

edit: Never mind the warranty call... if he opened it... throw it out... :blink: :blush:

HDD's are vaccuum sealed. Unless he opened in a clean room under pressurizing and extreme care, you screwed it.

Clicking generally means a HDD is pooched. Not to mention he used a vaccuum cleaner to 'clean' it? If he wasn't extremely careful static would have killed it too.

Safe bet to say it's done.

What the hell was this kid thinking, opening up his HD? Cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner? For all the good that did he may as well have tossed it in the dishwasher. Such stupidty. It boggles the mind. :blink:

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:laugh:

yeah kinda struck me by surprise too... :huh:

What the hell was this kid thinking, opening up his HD? Cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner? For all the good that did he may as well have tossed it in the dishwasher. Such stupidty. It boggles the mind. :blink:

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lol i know!

just throw it out.

:laugh:

yeah kinda struck me by surprise too... :huh:

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I even know a guy who had lost clusters on his harddisk. As he shook it, he heard a noise so he thought they were flying around in there somewhere...

Solution?

Open it up, shake it, if nothing falls out clean it with a dry cloth :)

He couldn't assemble it back, so he came to our local hardware store, where we were doing some advanced nerding (yeah yeah :punk: ) I don't have to metion we were literally rofloao. really. it took us ten minutes to get back on our feet...

NowI come to think of it... he once screwed two graphic cards (those from 3dfx, damn forgot the name, think it were voodoo, the ones you could interconnect one after another) by linking one outport to another outport (don't ask me how). Result? Burn baby burn....

:whistle:

Just yesterday one of my classmates was telling me something about his comp going dead, so I told him that I could help him, he then said that he wanted to check something out first, I said okay.

Next day I found out that the "something" he wanted to check was the HD, what he did was open the HD (very brutally) and then clean it using a vacuumcleaner.

Now, he thinks that he has ruined it completely, so he gave it to me, so I could have some fun with it.

Now I've tried to attach it to my pc, but all it does is do a weird clicking sound, which is the reader thing going back and forth (the HD was open when he gave it to me, and I say it). Is there any way I could test this harddisk to see if it works?

Any help would great :).

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you should stay away from this person....he's dangerous

Haha, I know, I was like trying not to laugh, but couldn't of course, I was like, I was lost, I really didn't know what to say, I just stood there in front of him saying like, but, but but but but, what were you thinking?! :p

Some guys really don't know 0% about computers.

Just yesterday one of my classmates was telling me something about his comp going dead, so I told him that I could help him, he then said that he wanted to check something out first, I said okay.

Next day I found out that the "something" he wanted to check was the HD, what he did was open the HD (very brutally) and then clean it using a vacuumcleaner.

Now, he thinks that he has ruined it completely, so he gave it to me, so I could have some fun with it.

Now I've tried to attach it to my pc, but all it does is do a weird clicking sound, which is the reader thing going back and forth (the HD was open when he gave it to me, and I say it). Is there any way I could test this harddisk to see if it works?

Any help would great :).

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ROFL

that's the most funny thread ever...

okay... first... if your friend really did that...he's good for the asylum

second... take the HD and put it in the trash okay... it's...hm.... kindda dead now :happy:

Sorry about your friend, that really sucks, Maybe next time his parents/whoever should buy him a computer case that is impossible to open (Do they sell those? If they don't, they should!) until he's read up on what to do and not to do with HDs.

I'm sure he feels really bad.

LOL :laugh: this guy don't know read?? in all hdd's appear clearly warnings to NOT open it then the guy go and open...and still "clean" :laugh: after want that hdd works!! I don't believe poor hdd is dead :(

It's definitely in hard drive heaven now. If there was any data that MUST be recovered, there is a very good chance that it could be by bringing it in to a hard drive data recovery centre, keeping in mind that they will charge you a SIGNIFICANT amount of money to do it ($2000+ easily) and that all you will get is the data, not a functional drive. I'm presuming that you don't need this option, I thought I'd just mention it for the hell of it.

Hehe, well, thanks for the feedback (:p).

I think I'm just gonna keep it as a reminder, and anyway, its actually quite fun to see that metal disc spin, its amazing, you only need to push it just a little bit and its just spins like hell. I really had a fun time with it ;).

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