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Originally Posted by Vaanish  Thanks for your help. I will be sad if it dies though, this 20GB Maxtor has served me well. |
hehe I am right with you on that. I have 2 20 gb maxtors that have lasted me about 6-7 years
sometimes drives just fail though. the moving parts just wear out. best to backup before it either stops moving the head completely or the head crashes. ie hits the drive plate
the sound you hear is the head actuallly slapping against the inside of the drive casing. very bad thing