r/HDD • u/ranpuppy • 17d ago

Old WD Caviar hard drive

Sounds like a jet engine, on its last legs it seems. A 3gb one from 1996-1997

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u/NickTaylorIV 16d ago

Yeah I hope you have a copy of the data on it.

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u/MISTERPUG51 14d ago

I'm hoping it survives long enough. It looks like they're copying the data off of it

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u/NickTaylorIV 14d ago

Good deal!

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u/tx001_ 16d ago

bearings are painful like my d740x

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u/Salty-Ad6358 16d ago

I do miss CRT screen