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Hard Drive plays jingle on failure!

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by PeteC, 2005/03/06.

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  1. 2005/03/06
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    Anybody come across this before?

    I had the misfortune to drop my Maxtor OneTouch the other day while it was powered up - failed to see it was attached to the laptop and walked off with the laptop :(

    I know its bust, but when powered up the drive plays a musical jingle :confused:

    Never come across this before - anybody else heard this?
     
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    mattman

    mattman Inactive Alumni

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    :D :D :D
    Sorry Pete, you have given me the mental image of a young child walking around with a pull-along toy...you know the ones...they play a musical jingle.
    :D :D :D

    It may be letting you know that it is powered up, but cannot function correctly. Like BIOS beeps.

    When I looked at the Maxtor website I am certain I saw special utilities for those drives. Maybe get and run those if you do not have them already.

    You may only get an error message:
    "This drive is now only suitable as a pull-along toy "
    :D

    Matt
     
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    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff Thread Starter

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    Guess I asked for that :D :D
     
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    JoeHobart

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    I always wanted a set of wind chimes for my office from old platters from dead drives. Sounds like you've got a head start on me!
     
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