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These are some real problems experienced by Quantum hard drives we see in our lab. We are not affiliated in any way with hard drive manufacturers. All the information below is based solely on our experience and we do not make any claims regarding reliability of the specific model. We see mostly failed drives in our lab and therefore we don't have complete statistics.

Most common problem for Quantum drives is bad sectors. After some period of time magnetic media that covers the platters starts to degrade and magnetic domains can't be turned in a desired direction by writing element of the head. This is how bad sectors appear.
When the drive starts reading data from such unreadable bad sector it could start freezing, scratching and sometimes even clicking: . This leads to further damage to the heads and surface, and may result in further data loss. As soon as you start experiencing such symptoms stop the drive immediately and send it to our data recovery lab for evaluation. Any further attempts would just add up to the problems. In our lab we use special imaging hardware tools that are capable of reading raw sector data ignoring checksum check. That's usually the only way to get as much data as possible from these LBAs.

Another quite common symptom Quantum drives have is clicking or knocking sound. The drive usually spins up, clicks a few times, spins faster, clicks again and spins down: . Most often this a sign of a bad head, but before doing any clean room work, it is very important to perform accurate diagnostics and eliminate a chance of possible firmware corruption that sometimes could also cause clicking.

Quantum hard drives are also well-known for their firmware problems. If one of the firmware modules becomes corrupted, the drive fails to initialize correctly and stops working making the data inaccessible. In such case the drive is either

  • not found in BIOS at all
  • shows up with wrong S/N or capacity,
  • or fail to read any data or boot up operating system.
If you attempt to boot up from such drive or read any data from it you would get "Primary Master Hard Disk Fail" or "No operating system found" or "USB Device malfunctioned" error or something similar.

If you hear your Quantum hard drive making some other unusual noises visit our Hard Drive Sounds page for more typical sounds these drives make.

If you experience any of the problems above with your Quantum hard drive and need data recovered from it please fill out Fast Quote Form to get free upfront quote on data recovery from your failed HDD.

Please keep in mind that above information is based solely on experience of Datacent staff. We see mostly failed drives in our Lab and therefore we don't have complete statistics. All brands have their specific problems and there is nothing more reilable than regular backup.

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Fireball Plus AS
Fireball Plus LM
Fireball lct15
Fireball Plus KX
Fireball Plus KA
Fireball lct10
Fireball lct08
Fireball CX
Fireball CR
Fireball EX
Fireball EL
Fireball SE
Fireball ST
Fireball 640
Fireball 1280
Fireball 540
Fireball 1080
Fireball TM
Sirocco
Pioneer SG
Trailblazer
Lightning
Daytona
Bigfoot TX
Bigfoot TS
Europa
Bigfoot CY
Bigfoot
Maverick
Q500
ProDrive
LPS
GO GLS
GO GRS
GO

Quantum Fireball Plus AS 60, 40, 30, 20, 10 GB

AS60A011
AS40A011
AS30A011
AS20A011
AS10A011
QMP60000AS-A
QMP40000AS-A
QMP30000AS-A
QMP20000AS-A
QMP10000AS-A

Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30.0, 20.5, 15.0, 10.2 GB

LM60A011
LM40A011
LM30A011
LM20A011
LM10A011
QMP30000LM-A
QMP20500LM-A
QMP15000LM-A
QMP10000LM-A

Quantum Fireball Plus KX 27.3, 20.5, 13.6, 10.2, 6.8 GB

KX27A011
KX20A011
KX13A011
KX10A011
KX06A011
KX27AT
KX20AT
KX13AT

Quantum Fireball Plus KA 18.2, 13.6, 9.1, 6.4 GB

KA18A011
KA13A011
KA09A011
KA06A011
KA64AT
KA136AT

Quantum Fireball lct 20 LC 40.0, 30.0, 20.0, 10.0 GB

LD40A011
LD30A011
LD20A011
LD10A011
QML40000LC-A
QML30000LC-A
QML20000LC-A
QML15000LC-A
QML07500LC-A

Quantum Fireball lct 15 LC 30.0, 20.4, 15.0, 7.5 GB

LC30A011
LC20A011
LC15A011
LC07A011
LC07AT

Quantum Fireball lct 10 LB 30.0, 20.4, 15.0, 10.2, 5.1 GB

LB30A011
LB20A011
LB15A011
LB10A011
LB05A011
LB30A013
LB10A013
LB05A013
QML30000LB-A
QML10200LB-A
QML05100LB-A
LB30AT
LB204AT
LB15.0AT
LB102AT

Quantum Fireball lct 08 LA 26.0, 17.3, 13.0, 8.4, 4.3 GB

LA26A011
LA17A011
LA13A011
LA08A011
LA04A011
QML26000LA-A
QML17300LA-A
QML13000LA-A
QML08400LA-A
QML04300LA-A
LA260AT
LA130AT
LA084AT

Quantum Fireball CX 20.4, 13.0, 10.2, 6.4 GB

CX20A011
CX13A011
CX10A011
CX64A011
CX20A013
CX13A013
CX10A013
CX64A013
QM306400CX-A
QM306800CX-A
QM308400CX-A
QM310200CX-A
QM313000CX-A
QM31300CX-A
QM313500CX-A
QM313600CX-A
QM320400CX-A

Quantum Fireball CR 13.0, 8.4, 6.4, 4.3 GB

CR13A011
CR84A011
CR64A011
CR43A011
CR84A013
CR64A013
CR43A013

Quantum Fireball EX 12.7, 10.2, 6.4, 5.1, 3.2 GB

EX12A011
EX10A011
EX64A011
EX51A011
EX12A013
EX10A013
EX64A013
EX51A013
QM313600EX-A
QM310200EX-A
QM308400EX-A
QM306400EX-A
QM305100EX-A
QM303200EX-A

Others

Fireball EL 10.2, 7.6, 5.1, 2.5 GB
Fireball SE 8.4, 6.4, 4.3, 3.2, 2.1 GB
Fireball ST 6.4, 4.3, 3.2, 2.1, 1.6 GB
Fireball TM 3840, 3200, 2550, 2110, 1700, 1280, 1080 TM10A011
Fireball FB FB10A492
Sirocco SR 2550A, 1700A
Pioneer 2.0, 1.0
BigFoot 2500, 1250
Fireball 1280, 1080, 640, 540
Trailblazer 850, 420
Maverick 540, 270
Lightning 730, 365
ProDrive LPS 540, 270
ProDrive LPS 420, 340, 210, 170



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