hard drive repair

tony007 · 06-09-2008, 11:50 AM

Does anyone know of a free program which will check and repair my external drive which is now empty. When I have it connected it starts making a noise a bell sound.

**Deleted090308** · 06-09-2008, 10:41 PM

Hi

It depends on what's wrong... Bad sectors etc cannot be repaired.
Download and run diagnostic tools from the HDD manufacturer.
If the long/extended test shows bad sectors the drive should be thrown away.

**stressfreesoul** · 06-10-2008, 02:14 AM

In my experience, a "bell sound" is a misaligned platter. As it spins it knocks against something it shouldn't and 'dings'. This could have been caused by a variety of mishaps, usually dropping or throwing the hard disk at something. Take it to a qualified service/repair technician to check it over, but I think thats what it could be.

tony007 · 06-10-2008, 07:14 AM

Yes I think it could be a misaligned platter I have been to the medion site I could not see any diagnostic stuff there but I did call them I was told to format the drive and then do a disk defragment, the message I got from the format was unable to complete the format which made me think it could be the platter being misaligned when I moved the drive between computers I nearly dropped it but I caught it but it was jarred. With the defrag I ran the analysis and it said I did not need to defrag. Do I now have to put it in the recycle bin????

**Deleted090308** · 06-10-2008, 07:40 AM

HDD noise is (of course) bad news.
Is the drive under warranty?
If so, ask for a replacement.
If not, open the enclosure, take the HDD out. Hook it up inside a desktop PC or another enclosure.

06-09-2008, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
tony007 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 92 OS: xp professional	hard drive repair Does anyone know of a free program which will check and repair my external drive which is now empty. When I have it connected it starts making a noise a bell sound.

06-09-2008, 10:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,281 OS: Xp	Re: hard drive repair Hi It depends on what's wrong... Bad sectors etc cannot be repaired. Download and run diagnostic tools from the HDD manufacturer. If the long/extended test shows bad sectors the drive should be thrown away.

06-10-2008, 02:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Inspector Gadget... Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkshire/County Durham Posts: 1,260 OS: XP My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: hard drive repair In my experience, a "bell sound" is a misaligned platter. As it spins it knocks against something it shouldn't and 'dings'. This could have been caused by a variety of mishaps, usually dropping or throwing the hard disk at something. Take it to a qualified service/repair technician to check it over, but I think thats what it could be. __________________ Finish the project. We'll buy you a new family. Last edited by stressfreesoul : 06-10-2008 at 02:19 AM.

06-10-2008, 07:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
tony007 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 92 OS: xp professional	Re: hard drive repair Yes I think it could be a misaligned platter I have been to the medion site I could not see any diagnostic stuff there but I did call them I was told to format the drive and then do a disk defragment, the message I got from the format was unable to complete the format which made me think it could be the platter being misaligned when I moved the drive between computers I nearly dropped it but I caught it but it was jarred. With the defrag I ran the analysis and it said I did not need to defrag. Do I now have to put it in the recycle bin????

06-10-2008, 07:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,281 OS: Xp	Re: hard drive repair HDD noise is (of course) bad news. Is the drive under warranty? If so, ask for a replacement. If not, open the enclosure, take the HDD out. Hook it up inside a desktop PC or another enclosure.