HDD died in a spectacular way

From: PG Manney <manney_at_lrbcg.com>
Date: Sat May 2 15:53:01 1998

I recently bought a Maxtor IDE along with other HDDs at a hamfest. When I
got it home, I noticed that it "clunked". No response when I hooked it up,
so, I took it apart...

The head had gouged its way through the entire thickness of the platter; the
remaining part of the platter was lying loose around the hub! It must have
made a horrible screeching sound for days (months?), but I guess no-one
noticed.

The head is ground away, of course, but the arm's still intact.

Anyone ever seen a worse failure?

manney_at_lrbcg.com
Received on Sat May 02 1998 - 15:53:01 BST

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