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omasoud · June 11th, 2003, 07:00 PM

I woke up this morning; started my computer; and instead of starting, it sang back to me. As you may have guessed by now, it was my HD; my 200GB Maxtor DiamonMax+

After an hour of "why didn't I make backups?" type of remorse, and as I was preparing it to be shipped, I decided to check the web. All I had to do is type "maxtor beeps" in google and the very first hit brought me here.

I tried tapping; then shaking; then shaking while power plugged (not a ketchup bottle shake but rather a wrist twist); and viola! It started spinning.

I'm not sure if I want to return it yet. May be if it does it again. If I do return it, Maxtor will send me a refurbished one (their policy replaces with a brand new one only if the purchase occured less than 30 days ago). I have a feeling that they may just shake it and return it.

I have a feeling that this problem occurs for a reason. The last time I turned off the computer, I turned off the power switch while the HD was doing stuff (probably indexing). I always do a normal shutdown but my computer was hung up at the time. I wonder if the other people with this problem did a normal shutdown before the problem occured.

Many thanks to ScottW who starting this very helpful thread.

June 11th, 2003, 07:00 PM	#40 (permalink)
omasoud Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3	Yet another happy shaker I woke up this morning; started my computer; and instead of starting, it sang back to me. As you may have guessed by now, it was my HD; my 200GB Maxtor DiamonMax+ After an hour of "why didn't I make backups?" type of remorse, and as I was preparing it to be shipped, I decided to check the web. All I had to do is type "maxtor beeps" in google and the very first hit brought me here. I tried tapping; then shaking; then shaking while power plugged (not a ketchup bottle shake but rather a wrist twist); and viola! It started spinning. I'm not sure if I want to return it yet. May be if it does it again. If I do return it, Maxtor will send me a refurbished one (their policy replaces with a brand new one only if the purchase occured less than 30 days ago). I have a feeling that they may just shake it and return it. I have a feeling that this problem occurs for a reason. The last time I turned off the computer, I turned off the power switch while the HD was doing stuff (probably indexing). I always do a normal shutdown but my computer was hung up at the time. I wonder if the other people with this problem did a normal shutdown before the problem occured. Many thanks to ScottW who starting this very helpful thread.