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External-storage-enclosure-switch-on-and-hard-drive-spin-up.wav

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micropolis

June 8th, 2022

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines

Micropolis 2105 560MB hard disk drive in a 1990s external SCSI storage enclosure. Sound of the enclosure being switched on and the drive spinning up to 5400 rpm, going through its head alignment procedure. Noisy recording with cooling fan and case sounds.

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1990
Business
Computer
Computer-Fan
Computers
Cooling-Fan
Datacenter
Disk-Drive
Fan
Hard-Disk-Drive
HDD
Micropolis
Office
Old
Retrocomputing
Storage

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:09.248

File size

867.1 KB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Mono

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