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HD about to die?

Mr E · 2005-07-11 09:09:05

Last night I noticed a buzzing/rattling noise coming from my case. Is this a sign of a HD in its death throes? Or could it be something else? I've downloaded Western Digitals diagnostic utility, so I'll give that a go tonight... Any idea how long I've got before it goes kaputt ??

11-07-2005 9:09am

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Mr E

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Last night I noticed a buzzing/rattling noise coming from my case. Is this a sign of a HD in its death throes? Or could it be something else?

I've downloaded Western Digitals diagnostic utility, so I'll give that a go tonight...

Any idea how long I've got before it goes kaputt ??

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#2 11-07-2005 9:12am

Orion

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Could be the bearings in a fan as well. Hopefully that's it.

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#3 11-07-2005 4:24pm

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Cheers.... it'd be nice if that was the case....
Should know more tonight.

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#4 11-07-2005 4:57pm

zuma

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Oil your fans if the are making noises as it only GETS WORSE!!!!!

Trust me....3in1 oil works great!

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#5 11-07-2005 7:22pm

Mr E

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Strange development. Ran the diagnostic tools, and got the message "One or more errors were found in the index". The recommendation was to run chkdsk/scandisk. I ran both of them and they came up clean.

Are there any tools out there that'll do a better job of scanning?

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#6 11-07-2005 7:52pm

CuLT

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iirc there's one or two listed in Khannie's "Essential Free Software" sticky.

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