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Learn the Sounds of a Failing Hard Drive to Avoid Lost Data – onmsft.com

Ron Ron
February 7, 2011
1 min read

Lifehacker: Most hard drives make certain sounds when they start failing, but every drive and brand of drive is different. Data recovery company Data Cent has put together a database of sounds that let you know what’s going wrong with your drive…

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