Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It sat in a dock for years, serving as backup HDD every couple days. After a couple years it started having severe issues. I eventually determined through repair attempts that random writes cause sector damage, so I assumed an aging arm control or such. Well, when I opened it, I found a platter full of crude dust particles and a spot of quite severe surface damage!
It's kinda funny because the last harddisks I remember dying on me were IBM Deskstar - the infamous ones, long ago.
I wanted to watch in real life how fast the arm can move, but sadly the drive detects when it is opened and then only does a slow alarm signal motion.
It sat in a dock for years, serving as backup HDD every couple days. After a couple years it started having severe issues. I eventually determined through repair attempts that random writes cause sector damage, so I assumed an aging arm control or such. Well, when I opened it, I found a platter full of crude dust particles and a spot of quite severe surface damage!
It's kinda funny because the last harddisks I remember dying on me were IBM Deskstar - the infamous ones, long ago.
I wanted to watch in real life how fast the arm can move, but sadly the drive detects when it is opened and then only does a slow alarm signal motion.
