Hi,

This is the third time in 5 years that one of my HDDs failed.
This time, my desktop computer was on for about 4 hrs, and
there was a lot of disk activity (read & writes). All of a sudden, I
heard a noise (hard to describe, perhaps a "zing" type of
sound). Afterwards, I wasn't able to access the HDD anymore.

I assume this is a mechanical problem such as head touched
the platter or other? Note: The computer wasn't bumped.
This is a Quantum "Fireball" 5.1G HDD. Is it at all possible, a
fault in the controller could have created this noise?

Thanks in advance, Brad

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