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Noise from Hard Disk Drive
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My "main" computer is a Gateway "Color Book II" laptop. It is on every day from 7:30AM until almost 6:00PM. I have been using it like this for about 7 years. It has a 1.6 GB hdd. Recently, for the first time, the hdd started to "wine" (high pitched) for about 3 minutes. Then it became quiet and remained quiet. Afterwards, I still have no trouble reading/writing files to the hdd. Is this "wine" sound a sign that my hdd may be failing soon? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active key logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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"Brad" wrote in message ...
Hi, My "main" computer is a Gateway "Color Book II" laptop. It is on every day from 7:30AM until almost 6:00PM. I have been using it like this for about 7 years. It has a 1.6 GB hdd. Recently, for the first time, the hdd started to "wine" (high pitched) for about 3 minutes. Then it became quiet and remained quiet. Afterwards, I still have no trouble reading/writing files to the hdd. Is this "wine" sound a sign that my hdd may be failing soon? Thanks in advance, Brad Absolutely. You're lucky the drive is dying gracefully and giving you a chance to backup everything. Laptop drives usually don't die this way. |
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"Brad" wrote in message ... Hi, My "main" computer is a Gateway "Color Book II" laptop. It is on every day from 7:30AM until almost 6:00PM. I have been using it like this for about 7 years. It has a 1.6 GB hdd. Recently, for the first time, the hdd started to "wine" (high pitched) for about 3 minutes. Then it became quiet and remained quiet. Afterwards, I still have no trouble reading/writing files to the hdd. Is this "wine" sound a sign that my hdd may be failing soon? Are you sure it's the HDD and not the fan? Laptop fans often become noisy when cold as they age. If it is definitely the HDD, I'd back up your files and look for a replacement as the bearings don't have to have much play at all before you lose data and get head crashes. You should be able to pick up a bigger drive, say a 6GB, for very little money on eBay. Dave |
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"Brad" wrote in message ... Hi, My "main" computer is a Gateway "Color Book II" laptop. It is on every day from 7:30AM until almost 6:00PM. I have been using it like this for about 7 years. It has a 1.6 GB hdd. Recently, for the first time, the hdd started to "wine" (high pitched) for about 3 minutes. Then it became quiet and remained quiet. Afterwards, I still have no trouble reading/writing files to the hdd. Is this "wine" sound a sign that my hdd may be failing soon? Thanks in advance, Brad It could go on like that for years, or it could die tomorrow. At the very least backup your data now! 1.6 GB is nothing to backup these days and you'll be kicking yourself if you don't do it. |
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