I cringed when I heard these
common hard drive failure sounds from Hitachi support. I’ve heard the slow spindle sound, head damage 1, and head damage 2 sounds before. Luckily the phaser noise, head damage 3, and head damage 4 sounds are totally foreign to me. I think I'd died laughing if a hard drive made the head damage 3 sound.
Edit: These sounds are converted to mp3 and stored locally on the Vertigo server for your listening "pleasure" (thanks
Jeff):
Head Damage 1
Head Damage 2
Head Damage 3
Head Damage 4
Head stuck to platter (Phaser Noise)
Slow Spindle Motor
original link:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/cffe836ed7c12018862565b000530c74/4b1a62a50f405d0d86256756006e340c?OpenDocument