This could be my first HD failure. I have several CD drive corpses, but not HDs...
Anyways, playing SimCity 2000 on my Linux-Windows dualboot, and I hear a large whirr, like a floppy's but louder. I bend down to the floppy drive and it stops. Save my SC2000 game, BSoD, can't read Drive C:.
Hard reset because there's no way Windows wants to shut down, and the BIOS couldn't boot from the IDE drive...
The HD, in specific is a 10 GB Quantum Fireball lct10.
[PC, but close enough anyways] Random IDE HD failure
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[PC, but close enough anyways] Random IDE HD failure
by IPalindromeI » 18 Oct 2011, 19:33
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Re: [PC, but close enough anyways] Random IDE HD failure
by techknight » 21 Oct 2011, 02:27
sounds like the berrings seized, and thats the absolute worse case scenario, becuase if its a multi-platter drive, you have to have a special tool to remove the platters to put them inside a good drive to get your data back.
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Re: [PC, but close enough anyways] Random IDE HD failure
by IPalindromeI » 21 Oct 2011, 10:17
It sounded more like a clunk, but it did it multiple times...
I've ripped out the drives after trying to wrangle with removing the sleigh, screws. and cables. Gonna need a new HD
I've ripped out the drives after trying to wrangle with removing the sleigh, screws. and cables. Gonna need a new HD
Ask me about Linux and virtualization.
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Re: [PC, but close enough anyways] Random IDE HD failure
by techknight » 22 Oct 2011, 05:54
Well you can perform the hammer trick, its a guaranteed fix 
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PB: tibook G4, ibook G4, Lombard, 160, 165, 180, Duo 2300x2, Duo 270c x2, 520cPPC, 3400c, 1400c
Desktop: G3AIO, 5260/100 x2, SE, SE/30, 512k, plus, LCIII, 7100, iMac G5 iSight, 6400/225
PB: tibook G4, ibook G4, Lombard, 160, 165, 180, Duo 2300x2, Duo 270c x2, 520cPPC, 3400c, 1400c
Desktop: G3AIO, 5260/100 x2, SE, SE/30, 512k, plus, LCIII, 7100, iMac G5 iSight, 6400/225
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