As an owner of many old WD and Segate drives that I bought along time ago, I could confirm 2 things. One they sound good and two that they were expensive because I got the higher capacity.
I remember the hard drive in my first laptop at school, it sounded so unique. So very loud, with a lovely grown as the heads moved. She took about 30 seconds to spin down again
2:27 I had a 750GB Barracuda with that same exact startup sound!!! I remember it like it was yesterday! It was an old drive, 3 platters at 250GB each, ran hot, and only SATA gen 2... or 3 gbps. I think the DoM was sometime back in 2007... I forget, drive has been scrapped for over 2 years by now. Wasn't a bad drive, but sadly I can confirm Seagate's reputation for faulty models. That Barracuda failed on me with a horrific head crash. Was using PC normally, wasn't even doing intensive work on the drive itself. I was playing a video game (installed on a separate SSD, btw). Next thing I know a HORRIFIC noise comes from the tower and computer freezes up from I/O errors. That's all I clearly remember from that day, unfortunately.
Looking at all these drives working perfectly makes me feel really well into investing into HDDs instead of going full SSD. I've got 10TB worth of drives in my personal rig and I'm planning on purchasing 80TB more over the next couple years.
5:34 the Maxtor 7L250S0 250gb I also got that drive in 2006 from a Sony Vaio Machine it's been an absolute trooper No bad sectors yet this drive has out lasted most of my other drives and I use the drive almost daily today
@@matttesterman4199 Well, I certainly would be interested in whether an optical drive really could make a sound like this. It's not something I'd ever expect.
Hitachi Desktar sounds like a 52x CD Drive!
As an owner of many old WD and Segate drives that I bought along time ago, I could confirm 2 things. One they sound good and two that they were expensive because I got the higher capacity.
3:58 sounds just like a laptop CD/DVD drive
Miss the sound of stepper motors in hard disks.
I remember the hard drive in my first laptop at school, it sounded so unique. So very loud, with a lovely grown as the heads moved. She took about 30 seconds to spin down again
2:27 I had a 750GB Barracuda with that same exact startup sound!!! I remember it like it was yesterday! It was an old drive, 3 platters at 250GB each, ran hot, and only SATA gen 2... or 3 gbps. I think the DoM was sometime back in 2007... I forget, drive has been scrapped for over 2 years by now. Wasn't a bad drive, but sadly I can confirm Seagate's reputation for faulty models. That Barracuda failed on me with a horrific head crash. Was using PC normally, wasn't even doing intensive work on the drive itself. I was playing a video game (installed on a separate SSD, btw). Next thing I know a HORRIFIC noise comes from the tower and computer freezes up from I/O errors. That's all I clearly remember from that day, unfortunately.
These are all much newer than anything I have in my collection, but very cool nonetheless
Playing the audio of this video over a muted CustomGrow420 video is one of the funniest things I have ever experienced
Looking at all these drives working perfectly makes me feel really well into investing into HDDs instead of going full SSD. I've got 10TB worth of drives in my personal rig and I'm planning on purchasing 80TB more over the next couple years.
the satisfaction guarenteed on Maxtor hard drive is just like a guaranteed freshness label on a chips bag that has been packaged in a nuclear reactor
Who is watching this in 2022?
Thank you for this
1000th like, awesome
Too bad you didn't include the legendary Quantum Bigfoot. Those things sound awesome!!
I just want you to know, the sounds of your hard drives are now immortalized in multiple films.... I shall not name which ones.
What is the sound at 1:43 to 1:45??
Finally a youtube video that worth watching
I was worried that my hdd sounded like thay when y started my pc, but it sounds exactly like this!! great sound
5:34 the Maxtor 7L250S0 250gb I also got that drive in 2006 from a Sony Vaio Machine it's been an absolute trooper No bad sectors yet this drive has out lasted most of my other drives and I use the drive almost daily today
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beach house dabs!!!!
5:23 I love the sound of maxtor out of nostalgia, it's the same as our PC in 2006 <3
I have same drive in 1:31 that starts exactly same like that
Both of my first PCs had WDs, memories
At 5:13, the reason why the drive starts up really fast is because the drive has only 1 platter.
6:11 I have a Seagate 320GB HDD that sounds like that startup
Most of the pre-F3 spinups sound awesome. If only the drives then had more longevity.
@@TheDragonFire123 I think mine is dated back in 2012 or an earlier date. It still works cause the original computer it was in wasn't used that much.
@@HuskyShields Seagates have a bit of an esoteric date code. Likely yours was made around the very end of the pre-F3 era.
i have a st3500630as and its very loud while seeking
Thank you for sharing this. I have a new computer which has an optical hard drive and wanted to make sure the start up sound was normal.
Optical drives don't make nearly the same sounds as these, though?
@@TheDragonFire123 Mine do though.
@@matttesterman4199 Then why not record it to prove it?
@@TheDragonFire123 Because I don't care if you don't believe me.
@@matttesterman4199 Well, I certainly would be interested in whether an optical drive really could make a sound like this. It's not something I'd ever expect.
interesting to hear the varied sounds.. even more interesting to see the careers and status of these drives.. trusty veterans
Ahh, the good old Hitachi Deathstar.
I though Deathstar was only IBM?
i was hoping to hear a broken one when i read "Status"
can you do a sound of a WD Blue 500GB drive pls
This is the asmr all pc builders love
0:43 and 3:59 sound like a jet engine starting up.
I hate that humm bassy sound... UGH
OMG, what a nostalgic sounds. Thank you so much. It brings so many memories :)
5:16 hey! You should be in my pc!
5:48 Was My Fav Omg Soo Soothing 🤤
Something has to be wrong when it starts reading data
Do you still check the comments? If you do, could we get a video of the WD20EFRX in action?
what is the sound at 0:09? and is that normal?
It’s just part of the initialization process
SA reads and seek test.
It’s normal
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5:23 I used to have one of these in an external enclosure, until my 10-year old brother kindly threw it down the stairs >:/
What a great idea!
Rest in pieces
I love hard drives starting up... so calm sounding lol
HDD is just an old technology, that every HDD is very affordable.
3:58 was the best!
3:59 Preparing UFO for startup