Understanding The Inside Of A Crashed Hard Disk – What Is The Click Of Death


Watch a faulty hard disk making the click of death as the reading arms cannot reach the reading position on the platters.

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  1. deathworm101

    more crap from IBM that crashes and dies. plus the fact the platters are made from glass and in some IBM models, the head is oversized.

    November 29, 2009 9:26 am | #1
  2. YTBYTBTB

    this drive it isn’t old, because of the actuator arm new technlogy: “no touch” it is the white object on the actuator arm returns. the click of death it is the most popular problem in common hard drives :(

    November 29, 2009 9:52 am | #2
  3. ITVideoTutorials

    that’s right. thanks leo.

    November 29, 2009 10:35 am | #3
  4. laurentio

    the mechanical part of it might be dead but the data can still be recovered therefore the bag has it’s own role in there :)

    November 29, 2009 11:27 am | #4
  5. cheetawolf

    if the drive is dead, you dont need to keep it in a ziploc bag!lol

    November 29, 2009 11:36 am | #5