Re: [sleuthkit-users] You opinion needed on clicking harddisk (with video)

[Simson G. <si...@ac...>]

Hi, Jelle.  Your poor little disk drive is looking for tracking  
information.  It moves the head out, looks around, and can't find any  
sector numbers. It it goes back home, moves the head out again, and  
tries again.


On Oct 30, 2006, at 5:05 AM, Jelle S. wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Granted, a bit off topic for this list,...
>
> I have this portable harddisk which has "died".
> No important data is on it.  So experimenting with the disk for
> educational purposes is no problem.
> I have opened the disk to check what the clicking noise exactly was.
> I have made a short video of this:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFz8K-eODUA
>
> What could be the cause of this ?
>
> Thanks all,..
>
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