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From: al on 8 Jul 2008 02:46
Hi All,

I have recently had a couple of Hitachi Deskstar hard drives go bad on
me. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had symptoms like these and
can shed any light on what my chances are of getting any data
recovered!

When powered up, both drives emit a strange beeping sequence, please
visit the following URL to listen as its quite a bizzarre sound (not
the usual clunks or grinding as with most HD faults I've seen):

http://media.putfile.com/Hitachi-Deskstar-Hard-Drive-Fault

Both drives produce this noise for around one minute then it stops.
Not sure if the drive powers down at this stage or not, I can't hear
or feel any movement.

The drives are both 500GB IDE 3.5" 7,200RPM Models, model number:
HDT725050VLAT80 and were manufactured in Aug 2007.

They were installed in a NAS device, see the following link:
http://svp.co.uk/product/dual_hdd_networked_attached_storage_(ide)_5707

I have downloaded and run the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test by plugging
the drives into a PC, but neither BIOS or the DFT recognise the
drives.

Has anyone had a fault like this before? Anyone managed to get their
data back? I have considered using a professional data recovery
company but could do with any comments/help before I commit to going
down that rather costly road. Suggestions on tools/techniques to
recover data?

Any help appreciated!!

Thanks,

Al.
From: John Doe on 8 Jul 2008 13:50
al <alex.lush(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi All,

Hi one,

> I have recently had a couple of Hitachi Deskstar hard drives go
> bad on me. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had symptoms like
> these and can shed any light on what my chances are of getting any
> data recovered!

Your chances are great if you have important files backed up to
removable media. If not, you need to take a course on "copy and
paste", a fundamental part of personal computing.

Or just hang around this group for a while and listen to the whining
people do when their hard drive fails and they don't have a copy of
important files. Making a copy of important files from your hard
drive is so easy to do yet so commonly not done.

> When powered up, both drives emit a strange beeping sequence,
> please visit the following URL to listen as its quite a bizzarre
> sound (not the usual clunks or grinding as with most HD faults
> I've seen):
>
> http://media.putfile.com/Hitachi-Deskstar-Hard-Drive-Fault

If you play it backwards in slow motion, it sounds like your hard
drive saying "COPY IMPORTANT FILES TO REMOVABLE MEDIA!"

Good luck.




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From: John Doe on 8 Jul 2008 14:11
Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:

> al wrote:

>> http://media.putfile.com/Hitachi-Deskstar-Hard-Drive-Fault

> This is what I come to the Internet for. Content :-)

Agreed, I enjoy seeing the information too.

> http://fn4.putfile.com/getfile/1202092920video1234sslash18814202728.mp3

By the way, to al. I would post to the storage group too. They are
experts on hard drive stuff.
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