Loud Hard Drive

-=[TEK]=-Joe · 08-24-2004, 11:23 AM

is there any way to make my hard drive less noisy or a way to check for any obsturctions?
my hard drive has been very loud for quite a while and i dont know what i should do to check/fix it

Trahn_Lee_Liao · 08-24-2004, 12:13 PM

Hard drives that are getting noisy over a period of time spells impending failure of the drive. It is the motor within the drive that is slowly wearing out. If at one time the drive was fairly quite and now it is getting noisy, it is on its death bed.

How old is the drive? If it has been steadily getting noisier over a period of time.. it wearing out. If you can replace it, do so before it actually goes belly up. What you can do is get a new drive. With the instructions that come with the new drive, you can set it up so that you can copy the entire contents of your current drive onto the new one. Thus, preserving your computer from impending doom of hard drive failure and losing all of your stuff you currently have on the drive.

-=[TEK]=-Joe · 08-24-2004, 12:43 PM

i htink ive had it maybe 2 years, ill look into a new hard drive and stuff

Lt. Dan · 08-24-2004, 03:31 PM

Is it in the Dell system? If so, do you know if you have warranty left? Most people buy 3 year warranties on desktops, so if it is, you can get it replaced. Email me your service tag (on a white sticker on the back of the tower) at dan_cassidy@dell.com and I will look into it for you.

Horsepower · 08-24-2004, 05:44 PM

if it's always been loud, some drives come with utilities that can be used to make them quieter, but u sacrifice performance.

if it was quieter but is getting louder, like Trahn said, it may be getting ready to fail.

-=[TEK]=-Joe · 08-24-2004, 08:19 PM

no its pretty much always been like this
its not loud all the time only when i you know say open big apps. like bf1942 or Nam or various programs. after those are done opening it gets quieter

Meltdown · 08-25-2004, 12:18 AM

Do you defrag regularly? If it's happening on big apps and such it could be the drive slamming the heads around (otherwise known as disk thrashing) to get the data that's split up over everywhere. Most drives aren't that loud if they are defragged as they are just moving the heads minute amounts, as opposed to those having to move them all the way from the inside to the outside because the drive is fragmented.

-=[TEK]=-Joe · 08-25-2004, 12:39 AM

ok i will have my pc sit for bout like 2 minutes and mouse not moved.
and when i return i can hear the HD running
when i move the mouse it will stop
whats up with that?

Eklipse · 09-01-2004, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by -=[TEK]=-Joe

ok i will have my pc sit for bout like 2 minutes and mouse not moved.
and when i return i can hear the HD running
when i move the mouse it will stop
whats up with that?

Well there is the possiblilty it's antivirus software. That junk generally waits for idle periods to start scanning your files in the background.

REgarding your the noise. Yeah your drive is probably on it's way out. What you are hearing is commonly called "drive thrash". It is normally caused by an extremely fragmented file structure. If you have defragmented your drive and the noise persists, your bearings are going out. Back up your data before it ends up crashing.

edit. ???Junior Member??? Gezz I feel so insignificant. Lt. Dan I need a hug.

Trahn_Lee_Liao · 09-01-2004, 11:29 AM

Yea, Eklipse, make more posts and you up yourself in stature....Everyone started out as a Junior Member... Except for Bonez...He had a different tag.