[techtalk] Hard drive fatality (was OT: This takes the cake)

[jenn at simegen.com]

Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> I
> presume the heads jumped and then did the dive into the disk that
> produces the nasty score marks on dead disks that crop up on pictures
> on the net.
> 
> This is a weird question, I know, but if anyone has experience of
> seeing/hearing this happen -- what happens? Can you hear it? I would 
> presume you can hear something is very wrong. Or not? 

*crunch*
*grind-grind-grind*

It's audible. But not with builders outside making a hell of a noise
themselves.



Jenn V.
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