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		marcodiego on Sept 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HDD Clicker – HDD Sound Simulator I remember how noise the HD of my first pc was. I liked that. The best thing: updating a file and creating a directory sounded different. I could tell by ear what a program was doing.

sumtechguy on Sept 29, 2022 [–]

What was also kind of cool is each manufacture had their own 'note' as it were. You could tell the diff between a maxtor or a connner.

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