Noisy Harddisk

[Wankidal]

Does anyone knows what might happen if the harddisk is very noisy?

 

Is it a sympton that the harddisk will crash?

[Silent Hunter]

My one crashed liao...

 

Before that very noisy got whirling sound for 1 month. Though it was CD ROM took out CD, but still got sound. Suddenly 1 day PC died...

[Wankidal]

My one crashed liao...

 

Before that very noisy got whirling sound for 1 month. Though it was CD ROM took out CD, but still got sound. Suddenly 1 day PC died...

 

wah jia lat ley. so mine gonna crash soon. siao liao must back up. anyway you know where is system backup?

[tt6389]

Does anyone knows what might happen if the harddisk is very noisy?

 

Is it a sympton that the harddisk will crash?

 

definitely a warning it will crash anytime ; all data will be lost.

[IvikaRazI]

Once you hear the clicking sound coming from your notebook, then its too late...Harddisk crash already. Please do your necessary backup.

[william_liu]

Mine's an external hard disk... seems to me it has been 'clicking' since Day One.....

[Guest NPNT]

Pls back-up.

[redbeacon]

If it's an IBM-brand hard disk, chances are, these drives click louder than the rest of the brands.

 

Back to the topic, yes, it's normal for a hard drive to click away, but if your drive begin to exhibit additional weird noises that happen every 5 seconds or so -- such as loud clicks, squeaks, or short screeches --

your data is slowly being eaten up by that faulty hard drive

 

Keep ya fingers crossed as you transfer all the files to a second hard drive...personally, I've had that happen to me and I had frustrating times as well because of that

[Wankidal]

If it's an IBM-brand hard disk, chances are, these drives click louder than the rest of the brands.

 

Back to the topic, yes, it's normal for a hard drive to click away, but if your drive begin to exhibit additional weird noises that happen every 5 seconds or so -- such as loud clicks, squeaks, or short screeches --

your data is slowly being eaten up by that faulty hard drive

 

Keep ya fingers crossed as you transfer all the files to a second hard drive...personally, I've had that happen to me and I had frustrating times as well because of that

 

hey bro, i've just reformatted my com. now the sounds seems to dissappear. any advice?

[redbeacon]

Give your comp one week.

 

If the worrying sounds don't come back, then it's safe to say that the "harddisk is very noisy" symptom was just a defragmentation problem -- a lot of data scattered across your hard disk as you use your computer for months without cleanup.

 

If you get symptoms such as file corruption (un-recoverable errors when you open 1 or more of your favourite files), or your computer blue-screen's itself, or if the operating system takes too long to load, or even hangs at some parts, you can start shopping for a new hard drive...

[Wankidal]

Give your comp one week.

 

If the worrying sounds don't come back, then it's safe to say that the "harddisk is very noisy" symptom was just a defragmentation problem -- a lot of data scattered across your hard disk as you use your computer for months without cleanup.

 

If you get symptoms such as file corruption (un-recoverable errors when you open 1 or more of your favourite files), or your computer blue-screen's itself, or if the operating system takes too long to load, or even hangs at some parts, you can start shopping for a new hard drive...

 

Thanks a lot bro. Hope its the first paragraph problem. Anyway does defragging help removes the sound if it is really scattered date problem?

[redbeacon]

Thanks a lot bro. Hope its the first paragraph problem. Anyway does defragging help removes the sound if it is really scattered date problem?

Somewhat...but I'm hoping that a computer scientist would verify this claim