Re: Reading an old HDD
On Sun 06 Oct 2024 at 03:02:13 (-0700), Will Mengarini wrote:
> * Henrik Ahlgren <pablo@seestieto.com> [24-10/06=Sun 11:20 +0300]:
> > On Sat, 2024-10-05 at 08:40 -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> >> However, head movement isn't always audible. 3½" and 5¼" drives aren't
> >> usually audible, although I've had a few very noisy 5¼ drives. And of
> >> course SSDs are utterly silent.
> >
> > I wonder how ancient drives you are using? Have there even been any
> > mainstream 5¼ inch form factor HDDs manufactured since the Quantum
> > Bigfoot in the 1990s? I remember those drives being quite loud indeed.
>
> This is a 3.5 inch drive from a desktop tower that was built in 2007.
You can normally feel the vibration from the heads even when
it's mounted in an enclosure, particularly at spinup.
Cheers,
David.
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