This happened some years ago and it just popped back into my head today. I was at a local computer store TCWO before they closed. While I was waiting for my purchase some guy walked in talking about that his hard drive failed and that music was coming from his hard drive. Everybody there gave him the usual "yeah right!" So they plugged in the hard drive and to everyones surprise it started playing a tune that resembled the kind you find in a greeting card. Has anybody encountered a hard drive like that and if so for what reason would it play a tune? Just curious

Probably because he rigged it to play a tune and was having a little joke on you. Stuart

Actually I just fixed a Problem like that the other day, it was the memory stick went bad and after I replaced it all was well again. I too thought the drive had gone bad, but a new memory stick got it all working fine again. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

Was the tune 'Taps'? AMD Athlonxp 3200+ OC Asus A7N8x-deluxe-E ATI AIW 9600pro 2x WD SATA raptors/raid0 160gb Corsair XMS3200 16x Lite-on DVD 12x DVD-R wireless card used as p

hmmmm...it was something like the Seiler blues...lol It just sounded like a cheap greeting card with the tune in it when it is opened, no particular melody. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

That's the funniest thing that I've heard since I last watched South Park, Taps,.... God that's funny!!!! I have heard that the arm on the HDD will get stuck and there will be a sound, but no particular song. Sort of like the modem sound. Random. (Still laughing at Taps though!!) Emachines T-2200, Sound Blaster live 5.1, ATI 9200se main comp Asus A7N8X, AMD 2500 Barton, 1 gig Corsair, Geforce 4200ti

It wasn't a regular sound you hear from a hard drive like grinding and so on. It was a tune I couldn't make it out but it did have some kind of rhythm to it. I guess it's going to remain one of those unsolved mysteries...move over Hoffa.