Sack Sack

[watzmann]

i have a hard disk 30 Wd it was accdiendtly scrathed by a piece of Metal , so it make a very small hole in it's side ( on the silver tape ) , after this accident the Hard is not working normally and it create a very loud sound Sack Sack..

i don't know how this sound come , espacialy i'm sure that the hard didn't falled down, so why this sound come ...

can i open my drive and check it ... or will it stop forever.???

Thanks

[Bovon]

Hard drives have been opened and re closed...and they continued to work..how ever, for those that worked ok, there were maybe quite a few that did not.

Hard drives are assembled in an ultra clean sterile environment and then hermetically sealed. A very small particle of dust on the platters can cause a skip or total failure I have read.

I wouldn't open one of my "working" drives, but if it got flaky enough or failed...then yes, I would go into it. Perhaps your best bet would be to get a second drive, copy this one to the other drive, then if you have a good working drive with your data on it..then....open the old noisy drive

[watzmann]

the strange thing is i tried to cover the hole with a tape and now there's no sound most of the time.

although there's no sound the hard is not working probarly at all.

the thing that make so surprised , why holes create sound ??

[Bovon]

Have you ever heard an auto go by with a bad, leaking muffler?

Personally, its difficult for me to understand how a hard drive could have withstood the shock of any blow that would have punctured a hole in it. The metal encasement is pretty thick and sturdy.. and I have had hard drives go bottom up by simply dropping them on the floor from a distance of about 3.5 feet (89mm).

[e980238]

Originally posted by Bovon
Have you ever heard an auto go by with a bad, leaking muffler?

Personally, its difficult for me to understand how a hard drive could have withstood the shock of any blow that would have punctured a hole in it. The metal encasement is pretty thick and sturdy.. and I have had hard drives go bottom up by simply dropping them on the floor from a distance of about 3.5 feet (89mm).

I think what he meant was that there was a sticker on the side of the drive that was punctured. That is actually not that hard to do with all the cheap cases they are making now. I practically almost did it last night.

[watzmann]

if you mean this silver tape is working as a muffler in the HArd Disk so this sound that i hear in the drive is normal.

i think i'll open the cover of the drive and try to check it ,
then i'll tell you what's happen.. and i'll make a foto for each process.