Ok, I have taken a video of my musical maxtor in action. When the lid is off the HDD, that wierd noise is actually pretty damn loud. I tried moving the head reader to try and unstick it from the platter...but it didn't work. In fact, I don't even know if this problem is "stiction"...however, I do get that music...
Let me know what you think and if there is anything I could do to try and get the bugger working again! I'm still so mad about all my data...
David
hey man thanks for posting this vid. now i know what my hdd looked like inside when it messed up
My Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120 Gig just started doing this today..... I've been in IT for 15 years and never had an HD do this.... I couldn't believe that the sound was coming from the drive. Freaked me out. Glad this forum's here.
Gonna get an external HD first, then will try the suggestions on here to save my data.
well i found this site after my hd started singing i tryed the hook up and shake it and it made my hd spine up. i was ready with a nother hd so i was able to save a lot of data.
thanks for the help paul
The problem with these Maxtors is that spindle gets seized. Bearings probably... This sound is produced by the voice coil of the motor itself trying to spin up.
The heads are not a problem - they are supposed to be parked on the inside circle.
Here's some explanation with sound here: Sounds of hard drives needing data recovery
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I've been in IT for 15 years and never had an HD do this.... I couldn't believe that the sound was coming from the drive. Freaked me out. Glad this forum's here. 
