Ok, I was about to play CS:condition zero yesterday evening , but low and behold, the HDD drive died. We (my dad and I) believe the head crashed into the platters and nuked my drive. This was on a WD, 80gb, 7200 rpm, 2mb cashe drive. Have you guys had bad experiences like this on WD drives? We bought a new WD 250gb drive to replace it. Is there anything else that I could of done or can do in the future if this happens.
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Head Crash
- Thread starter Snobok
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not quite right there.
i took apart a hard drive once (old, huge and worthless) to see what made it tick. the heads actually rest on or just above the platters.
what most likely happened is that the bearings siezed up. you can probably jar it loose enough to make a backup if you give the case a hard kick just as it's supposed to spin, but the drive isn't gonna like it.
still, losing some of your data to a bad drive is better than losing all of it to one
i took apart a hard drive once (old, huge and worthless) to see what made it tick. the heads actually rest on or just above the platters.
what most likely happened is that the bearings siezed up. you can probably jar it loose enough to make a backup if you give the case a hard kick just as it's supposed to spin, but the drive isn't gonna like it.
still, losing some of your data to a bad drive is better than losing all of it to one
I dunno, I could not even get into windows (Yes I tried every single way possible). When I tried using the 80gb as a slave to 250gb, as the windows cd was installing it checked the 80 gb drive and fround that pretty much all of the sectors past sector # 20000 were conpletely unreadable.
I know that usually the heads have a little space between them and the platters, but I have heard cases where they smacked into the platters and started cutting into them, thus killing data. I'll probably never know exactly what killed the 80gb drive, but I'll look at it before I destroy it with a hammer in the backyard in a few days.
I know that usually the heads have a little space between them and the platters, but I have heard cases where they smacked into the platters and started cutting into them, thus killing data. I'll probably never know exactly what killed the 80gb drive, but I'll look at it before I destroy it with a hammer in the backyard in a few days.
The drive is only about 2 years old. I don't think it would have been jostled like you describe since my comp sits on a flat desk surface at all times. Come to think of it, i dont tink it could be drive arcing. Before it went dead it gave me a buch of crap about some huge OS error and how it was beginning to dump the physical memory.
sounds like it went hal 9000. judging by the error message you mention... i'd say that the "open window, insert computer" course of action would be about right:(1) open window
(2) carry computer to window
(3) drop-kick or throw computer out window
(4) close window
(5) get broom, dustpan, and rubbish bin
(6) go outside (taking the items in (5) with you)
(7) sweep remainder of computer into rubbish bin using broom and dustpan
in other words, your data is gone and their ain't nothing you can do about it unless your name is doc brown and you own a delorean.
starhawk said:
(1) open window
(2) carry computer to window
(3) drop-kick or throw computer out window
(4) close window
(5) get broom, dustpan, and rubbish bin
(6) go outside (taking the items in (5) with you)
(7) sweep remainder of computer into rubbish bin using broom and dustpan
in other words, your data is gone and their ain't nothing you can do about it unless your name is doc brown and you own a delorean.
LOL That being said, I figured my data was fried and gone to heck. Luckily there was nothing really important other than my MP3s and games (all reinstallable except HALO since I cant find that bloody CD-key). Good thing we went ahead and got a new HDD. It is an unexpected upgrade for Christmas along with my new Logitech MX1000 Laser mouse that I got to replace da ghetto mouse (MS optical mouse without plastic cover).
I never knew that 80gb drive would turn out to be a crappastic excuse for a HDD
BillR
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Before you take your frustrations out on the drive with your hammer, take a moment and plug your serial number into WDs site on the off chance its still under warrantee. Some of those older drives came with a 3-year warrantee.
Hard to tell what caused it but as a rule WD drives hold up pretty well. If you dont have a UPS I might suggest one, Ive seen power surges cause similar problems. This is especially true if your PSU cant react fast enough to the problem, which many cant. A UPS might save you from future problems.
Luck
Hard to tell what caused it but as a rule WD drives hold up pretty well. If you dont have a UPS I might suggest one, Ive seen power surges cause similar problems. This is especially true if your PSU cant react fast enough to the problem, which many cant. A UPS might save you from future problems.
Luck
Thanks for the suggestion BillR, I'll try that warranty suggestion. PSU-wise, I probably need a new one anyhow as my undervolt on the 12v line to 11v at all times. I don't have a UPS, but I might consider one. However, I don't have the money at the time, but maybe in the future.