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Hard Drive Spinning Up And Down
Name: rossoonline Date: October 24, 2007 at 04:05:00 Pacific OS: Ubuntu CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Hello. I just cleaned the inside of my computer and theres always a bit of anxiety when booting it back up after going near the insides.
Whenever I boot up my computer now, the second hard drive keeps spinning up, making a clicking noise, and then spinning down again. I know its the second hard drive as when I unplug its power cable the noise stops and I can boot into the OS fine.
Is this a mechanical problem and if it is, is there any way to get the data off of it?
Name: StuartS Date: October 24, 2007 at 05:40:43 Pacific
Reply:
It its spinning up and spinning down and clicking then it may be to late without spending a lot of money on data recovery.
You didn't by any chance use a vacuum cleaner to clean the inside of your computer did you? If so then that is where the damage was done. Static discharge has damaged the hard disk electronics.
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