Recorded sounds of various hard disks from my collection. Starting around 1990 and up to 2008. The drives are in alphabetical order by the manufacturer and then by the year of introduction.
Content:
0:05 Conner CP30174E (170 MB / 3822 rpm)
0:36 Hitachi HDS724680PLA380 (80 GB / 7200 rpm)
1:01 IBM DCAS-34330 (4 GB / 5400 rpm)
1:32 IBM DDRS-34560 (4.5 GB / 7200 rpm)
2:07 IBM DDRS-39130 (9.1 GB / 7200 rpm)
2:41 IBM DDYS-36950 (36.7 GB / 10000 rpm)
3:30 Maxtor 531DX (15 GB / 5400 rpm)
3:56 Maxtor D540X (40 GB / 5400 rpm)
4:16 Maxtor D740X-6L (40 GB / 7200 rpm)
4:54 Maxtor Fireball 3 (40 GB / 5400 rpm)
5:23 Quantum Fireball Plus KA (18 GB / 7200 rpm)
6:06 Quantum Fireball Plus AS (30 GB / 7200 rpm)
6:45 Quantum ATLAS 10K III (36 GB / 10000 rpm)
7:24 Samsung SV0643A (6.4 GB / 4500 rpm)
7:50 Samsung SP0822N (80 GB / 7200 rpm)
8:18 Seagate ST-157A (44 MB / 3600 rpm)
8:47 Seagate ST3120A (106 MB / 3211 rpm)
9:16 Seagate ST34572W (4 GB / 7200 rpm)
9:51 Seagate ST318275LW (18 GB / 7200 rpm)
10:23 Seagate ST320413A (20 GB / 5400 rpm)
10:46 Seagate ST318406LW (18 GB / 10000 rpm)
11:20 WD Caviar 280 (80 MB / 3600 rpm)
11:51 WD Caviar 22100 (2 GB / 5200 rpm)
12:20 WD Caviar 38400 (8.4 GB / 5400 rpm)
12:46 WD WD800BB (80 GB / 7200 rpm)
13:12 WD WD740ADD (74 GB / 10000 rpm)
13:42 WD WD6400AAKS (640 GB / 7200 rpm)