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Noisy Hard drive

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skippednote
skippednote Original post #1
Feb 11, 2007 at 3:24 PM
I have a 40 gb maxtor hard drive 4 years old it has started making too much noise i have used smart software but it did not help . Please tell of what to do to cut off the noise
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raskal00 #2
Feb 11, 2007 at 4:44 PM
I had an old seagate baracuda 40 Gb, well it had the same problem after 3-4 years , i guess u could defrag it a couple of time and run scan disk, if it is some sector problem maybe it will be solved

Or else do what i did buy a new one , New 40,80 Gb HDD's are sold for affordable prices these days, go to ur nearst vendpr for a good bargain
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #3
Feb 11, 2007 at 4:52 PM
every old hard disk makes that sound
It is due to some bad sectors in the hard disk
Don't worry about ti
Arsenal_Gunners
Arsenal_Gunners #4
Feb 11, 2007 at 5:07 PM
^^Lol,For the first time I have heard someone telling not to worry about bad sectors.
Dude start making backups of your data.
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #5
Feb 11, 2007 at 5:19 PM
vimal_mehrotra said:
^^Lol,For the first time I have heard someone telling not to worry about bad sectors.
Dude start making backups of your data.
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This sound has been coming for the past three yrs from my Hard disk.
And nothing happened till now
wizrulz
wizrulz #6
Feb 11, 2007 at 5:28 PM
Tech Geek said:
This sound has been coming for the past three yrs from my Hard disk.
And nothing happened till now
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How many times have u opened ur CABINET frm past three years??? else it would be case of loose screws :p.....

@Captian nero

check ur hard drive for bad sectors....defrag it...and be ready for new drive....if noise does'nt go.....ur gona have a new drive soon...
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #7
Feb 11, 2007 at 5:29 PM
wizrulz said:
How many times have u opened ur CABINET frm past three years??? else it would be case of loose screws :p.....

@Captian nero

check ur hard drive for bad sectors....defrag it...and be ready for new drive....if noise does'nt go.....ur gona have a new drive soon...
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It was just opened two months age
And all the screws were tight
Arsenal_Gunners
Arsenal_Gunners #8
Feb 11, 2007 at 5:44 PM
^^Dude,My 1 month old seagate makes some loud noises too.It is because of cabinet.
For once unscrew the HDD and place its somewhere out of the cabinet.Then see
If the sound comes.;-)
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Tech Geek said:
This sound has been coming for the past three yrs from my Hard disk.
And nothing happened till now
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I never said anything about the sound,I said it because you were underplaying the danger of bad sectors.:D
premsharma
premsharma #9
Feb 12, 2007 at 2:00 AM
After all it is 4 years old. Lucky to have HDD working till 4 years though ..