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Head crash is a term used for describing when the read\write heads make
contact with the hard drives platters causing scratches or ditches damaging the
platters clean smooth surface, in a lot of cases this will remove all the ceramic
coating of the platter leaving a see through glass and platter dust
(THIS IS DEEMED UNRECOVERABLE)
Above is a demonstration of removing the side sticker on a clicking Maxtor HDD
to see if the sticker is clean, as you can see this HDD is not in good shape if the
sticker is black or contains any type of silver dust then unfortunately you data
will be lost and HDD Repairs will not be possible, further more once I had
realized the is drive was damaged I removed the Lid to inspect just how bad
As you can see this HDD has had a severe head crash
NOTE if you remove the sticker and it appears to be clean, there is still a
possibility of a fine scratch that has not caused any platter dust for the sticker to
pick up, but most importantly if it is clean Do NOT REMOVE the top of the drive
on your desk and if you do, use a can of compressed air to keep the platters
clean before putting the top back on.
Beeping or Humming Hard Drive
If you put power the HDD and you here a beeping sound, this would normally
indicate that the spindle motor is jammed
Please see the Common Faults page in relation to this article.
Under any circumstances should you undo the screws or remove the platters of
the HDD
Demonstrated Below is how balanced the platters are: note the plugs in the
spindle motor
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