777 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Hard Drive"

A real recording of an external hdd (hard disk drive) getting turned on and off.

This is record from line-out of soundcard connected to microphone in, when command "sudo cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp" is running in my linux command line shell. Sounds really close to modem 56k. Unfortunately i've written it into 128 kbit mp3, so this is result of back conversion into wave.

The raw data is result of this command in my linux command line shell:. Cat /dev/sda1 > my_hard_drive. Then the file my_hard_drive has been imported as raw by audacity sound editing program with attributes:. Signed 16 bit pcm with no byte order 2 channels (whatever. . . ) stereo, 44100 hz. This sound differs from that which can be played just by command "cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp" - this last command plays sound through speakers instead of writing a file. The sound is closer to sound of 56k modem. Later i will upload it (i've just connected line-out of sound card to it's microphone slot).

This was recorded by holding a small pcm recorder (zoom h1n) very close to an ipod 4th generation. The ipod was turned on and its hard drive tried to start up. You can hear the spin up of the motor and the hard drive head clicking back and forth. The hard drive fails to power up completely and eventually shuts down again. A 350 hz high pass filter was applied, in addition to audacity noise reduction, to get this clean motor noise from the original recording. The stereo file was then mixed to mono because the mic was slightly off center from the ipod, and the stereo provides no benefit. The hard drive in this ipod is a 1. 8" 40 gb toshiba hard drive, the ipod model is a1059. The microphone was held just 3 cm (1. 2 in) from the ipod. Recording settings were stereo 44. 1 khz at 16 bit (wav format). The file is the same except it's mono.

Failing hard drives.

A recording of an external hard drive spinning up. Recorded with an audio-technica at2020usb+.

An old desktop computer running. Mic a bit too close to the ventilator and resting on the cabinet. High frequency hard drive noise clearly annoying.

This is a recording of my broken hard drive when i turn it on. It sounds like it attempts to read the data but then it fails and powers down.

Booting up my grandma's black hp desktop with a 320gb western digital hard drive recorded with dr-05 at my grandma's bedroom.

Recording near a computer fan and hard drive. Not great quality recording. I had placed the mic right where all the air was blowing. Sounds best on lower volumes.

Recorded on rode ntg3.

Channeling the /dev/sda1 hard drive partition into a file. At last i've imported the raw file properly as the 8-bit unsigned linear pcm. This is 8bit mono 44100 hz windows wave. Lots of strange digital sounds. Quite useful for noise and experimental musicians. Interesting that if we just do cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp we hear different sound more like modem 56k. I also made a record of it. See my files.

This was synthesized. No hard drives were harmed in the making of this sound.

Power switch is pressed, computer starts up, plays a sound effect through the internal speaker, power switch is pressed again and the computer shuts down. Recorded with a zoom h4n, placed inside the computer.

Stereo-recording at home from my external hard-disk drive, power is switched on and the disk starts to spin until it stops.

Old compaq presario computer from 2003 booting up, then searching the hard drive. Recorded from the inside of the computer case behind the hard drives. With motorola xt1095.

A western digital drive refusing to mount. Recorded on a sennheiser me66 k6 microphone, in camera on a sony nex fs700. Hum in the background is the air-conditioned office.

Computer turning on sound.

Dell dimension 8300 with maxtor and samsung hard drivesrecorded with motorola xt1095.

Old hard drive, mirrored from my youtube account for better quality.

Power on, spin up and head-alignment procedure of a micropolis 3243s 4gb 3. 5" scsi2 7200 rpm hard-disk-drive from the 1990s.

A gentle looping atmo of a computer with fans, a very silent transformer hum and occasional hard drive access. Released under the only license which makes sense for this type of thing: cc0 feel free to use it for whatever and however.

Stereo-recording at home from my external hard-disk drive, turning as it is working on a large file, steady with only few variations. Slightly processed.

Stop computer after 'shutdown -p now' command was entered. H-m-m. . . Yes, it's linux os. System have 4 hd (seagate) and zalman system fun. Xy-stereo.

Starting a computer, sounds of the hdd and fans as the computer boots windows.

A dell dimension l600r being booted up and turned off. This will work nicely for those needing genuine sounds from an old computer. The mic was placed directly inside the computer's chassis with the side door closed. No noise-removal has been applied on this recording. Most of the sound in this recording comes from the maxtor hard drive, as well as the 3. 5 floppy drive, cpu fan, and psu fan. Also includes a post beep.

A Hard Day's Night opening chord: F9. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 03:11, 14 September 2012 (UTC) using Sibelius 5.

An older generation hp proliant server booting up and shutting down. The hard drive has been spinning for many years, therefore it sounds deeper than usual. Year: 2020location: aalsmeer, the netherlandschannels: 1 (mono)microphone: unknownmic polar pattern: cardioid.

Sound of my blu-ray player's disk drive opening and closing repeatedly. Recorded on a pixel 4a, cleaned up a little in fl studio 20. This sound is cc0, so use it wherever/however you want, but if you do use it in something i'd love to hear about it in the comments!.

Inserting, reading, launching a program, and ejecting a dvd-r in a usb disc drive (repackaged "hp dvdram gu90n" laptop drive) with the occasional rumble of a 2tb 7200rpm internal hard drive (in an enclosure) and mouse clicks. Computer fan may be audible in background. Contains seek noises. Recorded on blue yeti in omnidirectional mode and denoised in rx 8 (drive whine re-enhanced though as noise removal made it quieter). Labels added to audio in fl studio edison.

Sound of a harddrive spinning up and down recorded with an inductor coil attached to my zoom h1n. Could be used for spaceship sounds, electronic device charging up sounds, etc.

Desktop computer making wind. .

Cold booting a computer built inside of a milk crate, allowing it to start up and start running a stress test, and then hard shutting it down by flicking the power supply switch. Multiple computers were running in this room and this recording is unedited, so there's some extra background noise. Sorry.

I recorded the fan on quite loud and i opened and closed the cd drive on my hp eletebook 8460p, different laptop models have a different frequency from the fan and different cd drives make a different sound when checking it. Recorded from the internal microphone.

An old hard drive booting up and being shut off with a very noisy fan. I recorded it very close to the source. Could be used for rickety spacecraft or diy science project sounds.

The mechanical noise and signature "chord" associated with the "mac mini (2010 model)" upon startup/boot. Brief mechanical motor and clicking noises followed by the famed sustained f sharp major chord (detuned 30 cents flat) being projected over low quality, built-in speakers. Mechanical noise has defined pitch and is predominantly in the mid-high frequencies. Recorded on zoom h2n, in small, empty room. Audio clip normalized in post-processing.

On the streets of bhaktapur a man rides a vehicle with a large drive belt exposed.

A close up recording of an overheating usb slot-loading cd/dvd drive that repeatedly tries to spin up, but fails and makes some clicking noises. Note on low frequency sounds: i recorded this with a zoom h1n recorder at about 2cm distance from the drive slot. I held the recorder in my hand and rested my hand on the surface the cd drive was resting on, so there is somewhat of a mechanical connection between the drive's vibrations and the recorder. I believe this led to the low frequency parts of the recording. About halfway through the recording, i lifted the drive up with my other hand and held it at a 30degree angle to the surface and recorder. As you can hear in the recording, this made it spin up a little longer before failing and spinning back down.

Sounds of a cd drive and other things.

Here's the sound of my dell portable dvd drive spinning up, reading and spinning down. Recorded with realtek hd audio microphone.

Hard drive (2 tb) turns on. Small fan, sound of little crunching. Really a swell sound that can be used for any sort of computer, video game console, etc.

3 police cars driving past with different sirens.

I recorded my microwave button beeps, and a couple pieces of electronics beeping, as well as their cooling fans and small cd drive and servo motors starting and running. 24 bit, 48 khz mono.

Me unplugging a usb from my computer. Feel free to use in any commercial or non-commercial project, movie, game, or animation. Accreditation is not required.

98. 5 kluc montage edit of the 2020 toy drive.

Footsteps walk shoes street.

Here is another sample for you guys. You can snatch this up and use it i would just prefer you leave a link to the song when your done. Im gonna start posting more samples in here for electro and dubstep and stuff like that! see yall soon!.

Hardstyle effect.

Dropping a 100 gb maxtor harddrive.

A woman stomping whilst wearing boots, on a hard floor surface, walking quite quickly. Recorded with a sound devices 744t.