It’s been sounding like a dead fan bearing in the rack for a while, there’s really old machines in there. Turns out no! The drive did the screeching. I was stunned for a second when the noise stopped upon its removal.

Platter smoke. Don’t breathe this!

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Is that the Striped RAID I keep hearing about?

/s

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Just spray some WD-40 in there, format it at half the capacity, and send it!

You got this 👍

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Seagate: …

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It’ll go way faster than 5200 RPM if you do that

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At least you know the data is wiped XD

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The hard drive was just trying to turn itself into a much trendier vinyl record.

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The bits just have that analogue warmth that you don’t get with conventional drives

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There’s nothing funnier to me than the jargon you get from “audiophile” gear, especially when it comes to stuff in the digital domain. I’ve seen “audiophile” network switches.

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Or fiber optic cables with gold plated connectors.

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DJ Seagate

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