I'm working on my neighbors pc and the hard drive is meowing!
At first I thought my cat was sick, but she's not in the room.

Maybe it's in heat.

I mounted it
but its still meowing!

Silica Gel: Do Not Eat wrote:I mounted it
but its still meowing!

Make a backup now. HD's should neither purr nor meow It's a sign of possible failure in the near future..

Well i did a little research and apparently the hitachi drive does diagnostic scan every 10 minutes that sounds like a cat's meow

There is supposed to be a "meow free firmware" , I don't think I'll bother its not that loud with the case closed

I did back it up just in case

lda17h wrote:

Silica Gel: Do Not Eat wrote:I mounted it
but its still meowing!

Use lubrication.

Dahveed wrote:

lda17h wrote:

Silica Gel: Do Not Eat wrote:I mounted it
but its still meowing!

Use lubrication.

Thanks
Now I'm able get in though the backdoor and find the log

This thread has turned downright unspeakable. I hope you can sleep at night.

Silica Gel: Do Not Eat wrote:Well i did a little research and apparently the hitachi drive does diagnostic scan every 10 minutes that sounds like a cat's meow

There is supposed to be a "meow free firmware" , I don't think I'll bother its not that loud with the case closed

I did back it up just in case

Great.. I was more thinking of the whirring sounds that appear/disappear without apparent system and might sound like meows to some ears, too. If there's a known reason in your case, be glad that you got into the habit of making backups _before_ failure..

I approve of the humor in this thread, but due to extraordinary circumstances can not take part in it.. Continue..

lda17h wrote: I approve of the humor in this thread, but due to extraordinary circumstances can not take part in it.. Continue..

Extraordinary?

Dahveed wrote:

lda17h wrote: I approve of the humor in this thread, but due to extraordinary circumstances can not take part in it.. Continue..

Extraordinary?

God appeared and told him so. While he was on that drug trip, watching tv about some guys drug trip.

Yeah, i have a rare condition which consists of the complete lack of humor. Isn't that quite extraordinary?

lda17h wrote:Yeah, i have a rare condition which consists of the complete lack of humor. Isn't that quite extraordinary?

Rare?

nyuk nyuk

Great, the Furry Computer Hardware Federation is taking over; The macbook of my sister moos, your neighbours' HD meows and the power supply of the external Hitachi drive i bought recently (yay coincidence!) generates a high-pitched sound which, apparently, only i can hear. A bat, i assume.

The fans on one of the computers I fixed earlier sounded like birds if that counts for anything.. (Perhaps your meowing hard drive wants to eat the computer with the chirping fans? Maybe we can arrange a play date?)

Samual wrote:The fans on one of the computers I fixed earlier sounded like birds if that counts for anything.. (Perhaps your meowing hard drive wants to eat the computer with the chirping fans? Maybe we can arrange a play date?)

Sadly , I had to give fluffy back to its rightful owner.