HD dead from sp1

shackwrrrshackwrrr Lima, oh
edited February 2004 in Hardware
I tried installing win xp sp1 then the computer froze then after that the HD light came on and stayed on with no disk activity then I tried restarting my computer and the os didnt boot but a high pitched sound came from the HD and then I heard the heads crash into the plates with a crunching sound

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  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    :hair: :Pwned: :confused2 :sawed: :screwed: :zombie:

    that sucks bro. are you sure it's dead? can you try it in another computer? It sounds pretty dead to me. I wouldn't blame it on SP1 though, I think it was gonna die, it just happened to do it at that time.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited February 2004
    There would have been a lot of HDD activity which may have causes it to go south.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Go to the manufacturer's website (western digital, seagate, etc) and download their diagnostic tool. That will tell you for sure if the drive is farked.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited February 2004
    Yeah, run some diagnostic tools on it, then rma if it's still under warrantee. What mmonnin said might have happened but if so, then it was about to die anyways.
  • shackwrrrshackwrrr Lima, oh
    edited February 2004
    It was a old hard drive its been through 3 computers since I was about 8 and now im 15 it was even in my old dos computer with a 486 And I have pluged it in when the cover was open and it worked but there was major data loss and bad sectors and when it got to the outside track it whined But I have already torn it apart there was a sratched part on the bottom disk on the outside track
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited February 2004
    They make nice conversation pieces when you tear them open too.:)
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited February 2004
    shackwrrr wrote:
    It was a old hard drive its been through 3 computers since I was about 8 and now im 15 it was even in my old dos computer with a 486 And I have pluged it in when the cover was open and it worked but there was major data loss and bad sectors and when it got to the outside track it whined But I have already torn it apart there was a sratched part on the bottom disk on the outside track



    If it was from the 486 days, than it's prolly too small to be worthwhile anyhow.

    I'd forget about that drive, and buy one that's larger, faster, and more reliable for much less than your parents paid for it when the drive was brand spankin' new.
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited February 2004
    I have a harddrive from a 386 machine that died, it was from 1986 though so i didnt really care. But those old harddrives dont have much space on them anyway, so youd be better off getting a new one.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2004
    Take the cover off and hang it on the wall. I have a 5 1/4" Bigfoot, a standard 3.5" drive, and a 2.5" laptop drive on my wall. Every person who visits asks about them. They always think it's pretty cool, though they're disappointed when they find out that they aren't some weird part off the space shuttle. :vimp:
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