hard drive making sounds - what does this sound like?

deemah8

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May 18, 2014
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Hello,

I've got an old desktop PC that just crashed. I was looking at data recovery options, and I recorded the sound the hard drive makes.
To me it sounds like possibly stiction with the beeping, but not sure about the buzzing sound before the beep.

I've uploaded the MP3 at the link below.
https://soundcloud.com/user258489521/hdd-sounds

Its a Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 400 internal hard drive

It is from the old computer, but there are some photos, and personal files I would like to get from the HDD if possible. However, I cant afford the expensive recovery options. Anyone local in Atlanta, let me know.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks so much!

Dee