It’s been sounding like a dead fan bearing in the rack for a while, there’s really old machines in there. Turns out no! The drive did the screeching. I was stunned for a second when the noise stopped upon its removal.
Platter smoke. Don’t breathe this!
If I recall correctly, it made it up to about 43% through the scan and sector refresh, but after 43%, the drive totally failed ☹️
It wasn’t even an important system anyways, it was found in the trash or on the side of the road somewhere. Sorry, my late father had found it, so I can’t exactly ask where it came from.
But it was a fun curious project, just to see what, if anything, might happen with a good ole Spinrite.
Shit, it was shot with a shotgun, not like I had high hopes 😂🤣