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It's been sounding like a dead fan bearing in the rack for a while, there's really old machines in there. Turns out no! The drive did the screeching. I was stunned for a second when the noise stopped upon its removal.

Platter smoke. Don't breathe this!

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah. I suspect it would still recover some data. Steve is just a treasure to the tech world.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If I recall correctly, it made it up to about 43% through the scan and sector refresh, but after 43%, the drive totally failed ☹️

It wasn't even an important system anyways, it was found in the trash or on the side of the road somewhere. Sorry, my late father had found it, so I can't exactly ask where it came from.

But it was a fun curious project, just to see what, if anything, might happen with a good ole Spinrite.

Shit, it was shot with a shotgun, not like I had high hopes 😂🤣

this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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