NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2008/11/22 - Datacent Data Recovery, a trusted data recovery services provider, makes public their unique collection of failing hard drives noises aimed to help potential customers and technicians diagnose HDD problems and prevent data loss.

Hard drives are the only components in modern computers(apart from fans) that have moving mechanical parts and therefore they tend to fail more often than other hardware units. By their nature they are relatively loud devices that produce different kinds of noises during normal operation and most people might not even realize their hard drive is failing until data becomes corrupted or the HDD disappears completely from their computer.

However, there are some signs which can help identify a dying hard drive before it is too late, in particular by listening to the sounds it makes.

Datacent Data Recovery has published their unique collection of about 40 different typical sounds failing hard drives make.
Among them are:
- rhythmic clicking/knocking noises degrading heads make while trying to locate servo labels,
- futuristic melodies motor plays when it's seized,
- loud drilling and grinding noises bearings make when they get damaged,
- scratching sounds heads produce when hitting bad sectors, and lots of others.

Main goal of this undertaking is to help potential customers, computer service providers, repair technicians and other interested parties diagnose the problem their hard drive is experiencing in order to avoid any destructive actions that could lead to further data loss and unrecoverable cases.

To access this collection visit Sounds page on Datacent website.

Even if your computer is not making any unusual noises it is still very interesting and informative material to read and to listen to and definitely worth adding to bookmarks list. Files are played directly on the webpage using flash player, no download is required. Each sound is accompanied by description of the problem it is caused by. On the website you can also read about common problems different HDD brands experience.

Datacent (datacent.com) offers full range of data recovery services and has partnership programs for other data recovery companies, independent IT consultants and computer shops.

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