Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive?

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53106
interpreted = N
texte = Run Alsoft's DiskWarrior's Hardware:Manual Diagnostics. If your drive is SMART-aware (Self-monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology), it will tell you the general health of the drive, including it's immanent failure. A brief explanation of SMART can be found at http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/perf/qual/ featuresSMART.html . andy On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 10:20 AM, John Peacock wrote: > Donovan wrote: > >> Hello, Does this sound like a Hard Drive going bad to anyone? >> (I'm used to the grinding sound but not this) > > That doesn't sound like the HD to me. The if the drive controller is > going and the head is being aligned (by hitting it against the > stops!), it should be a more dull thud, and it should be in clusters. > Like "thunk, thunk, thunk, ...pause..., thunk, thunk, thunk" rather > than the sound you are hearing. > > I think it is the fan, because of the "bell" sound as well as the > fluttering. If that notebook has a removable HD, take it out (but > backup everything first, just in case) and turn the machine on; if it > still makes the noise, it's not the HD! > > HTH > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Donovan 2003)
  2. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Donovan 2003)
  3. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Alain Russell 2003)
  4. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Kenneth Grome 2003)
  5. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Donovan 2003)
  6. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( andy mowrey 2003)
  7. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( "Dan Strong" 2003)
  8. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( John Peacock 2003)
  9. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( "Scott Anderson" 2003)
  10. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Jeff Logan 2003)
  11. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Donovan 2003)
  12. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Tim Robinson 2003)
  13. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( "Andrew Simpson" 2003)
  14. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( "Andrew Simpson" 2003)
  15. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Tim Robinson 2003)
  16. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Matthew A Perosi 2003)
  17. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Alex McCombie 2003)
  18. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( WJ Starck 2003)
  19. Re: [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Jeff Logan 2003)
  20. [OT] Bad Hard Drive? ( Donovan 2003)
Run Alsoft's DiskWarrior's Hardware:Manual Diagnostics. If your drive is SMART-aware (Self-monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology), it will tell you the general health of the drive, including it's immanent failure. A brief explanation of SMART can be found at http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/perf/qual/ featuresSMART.html . andy On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 10:20 AM, John Peacock wrote: > Donovan wrote: > >> Hello, Does this sound like a Hard Drive going bad to anyone? >> (I'm used to the grinding sound but not this) > > That doesn't sound like the HD to me. The if the drive controller is > going and the head is being aligned (by hitting it against the > stops!), it should be a more dull thud, and it should be in clusters. > Like "thunk, thunk, thunk, ...pause..., thunk, thunk, thunk" rather > than the sound you are hearing. > > I think it is the fan, because of the "bell" sound as well as the > fluttering. If that notebook has a removable HD, take it out (but > backup everything first, just in case) and turn the machine on; if it > still makes the noise, it's not the HD! > > HTH > > John > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ andy mowrey

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