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# New drive?
Psh, I just weld extra platters onto the old one.

Whilst it's still running.
(, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:48, archived)
# running, down the street?
mine normally spins, oh well
(, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:49, archived)
# mine jiggles up and down
and groans occasionally.
(, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:51, archived)
# strangely
mine does that sometimes

orrible whiry rattly sound
(, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:52, archived)
# I once had one that made a strange "whoop" sound
If it did that, the PC wouldn't start until you hit the hard drive, and then it would spin up properly, and you could get on with whatever you wanted to do.
(, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 21:55, archived)