What does it mean when your hard drive makes static like noises?

**Auggie2k** · October 16th, 2005, 10:09 AM

I have a hard drive in my sky+ and we have been hearing noises out of it the past few days.

Sky will turn on sometimes but other times it wont. Now I took out the 120GB HD from sky+ (upgraded from 40GB) and I put it in my hard drive external enclosure. I have the 40GB originally in the sky+ box in this.

I put the 120GB in and I hear the noises that sound identical to static.

Any ideas people? Is it fooked because hardware aint cheap here. Thankin you :icon_cycl

**Auggie2k** · October 16th, 2005, 10:27 AM

Oh, and putting it in my encloser (the 120GB) I hear the plug n play du dum noise but it doesn't appear in my computer. But, a few minutes ago it made the noises, they stopped and then it was readable, but now it's not again. Hmmm?

**cpugeniusmv** · October 16th, 2005, 10:52 AM

I don't like inconsistency. The drive is definitely not working the way it's supposed to.

(Back up anything important on it if you haven't already)

**mfgbypooter** · October 16th, 2005, 11:02 AM

Put it in the freezer for awhile.

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**Auggie2k** · October 16th, 2005, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by mfgbypooter

Put it in the freezer for awhile.

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Seriously?

**mfgbypooter** · October 16th, 2005, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Auggie2k

Seriously?

Yes.

http://www.meetmyattorney.com/slink/...es/000275.html

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**Auggie2k** · October 16th, 2005, 11:30 AM

What about condensation?

EDIT: Sod it, I will give it a go. The only thing on th hard drive is sky+ recordings which aren't a great importance to me.

It's weird though, I only got the hard drive about 6 months ago and it hasn't been touched since. Ah well, here it goes. I'll report back.

**.:sp00ky:.** · October 16th, 2005, 11:56 AM

Don't put your hd in the freezer :s

**mfgbypooter** · October 16th, 2005, 12:16 PM

I put a dead one in the freezer and it worked.

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**cpugeniusmv** · October 16th, 2005, 12:37 PM

Note: put it in a plastic bag first!

Note 2: This is not a permanent fix.

**The Hunter** · October 16th, 2005, 12:39 PM

Right on CPU, its a method that sometimes works to retrieve data.

**Auggie2k** · October 16th, 2005, 01:05 PM

Damn, but it still doesn't make sense why this happened. As I said it's only 6 months old and it hasn't moved from sky+ since.

**mountain_rage** · October 16th, 2005, 01:18 PM

most harddrives have 3 year warranties you should probably look into that.

**cpugeniusmv** · October 16th, 2005, 02:09 PM

How hot does it get in your case?

**zarquon** · October 16th, 2005, 03:32 PM

Is the drive spinning up, if not you may be able to remedy by firmly tapping the hard drive on the side.

Alternatively you could try....................

http://www.hddrecovery.com.au/downloads/200ways.pdf