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Answer» HELLO. i have two hard DRIVES installed on my comp. ones is a 160gb with ubuntu and plenty of space left. the other is a 300 gb with xp installed. my problem is that sometimes when im doing something in ubuntu, out of nowhere you can hear the harddrive make a weird noise and then the whole comp freezes and ill have to switch the power on then back off. any ideas what it could be? sounds like a dying harddrive. i would purchase a replacement drive ASAP.is there any way to know for sure? yepp, my friend, that sounds just like it. you didn't mention how old the HDD was. and be carefull with the other HDD, sometmes when you don't screw the HDD in it's place, they become older then they are due to the vibrations. cheers!!obviosly the only way to know for sure is to transplant it in another computer preferably without other HDDs in there. Check if the problem PERSISTS. Or you can check the web site of the company that made the drive and download the testing tools for the drive. thanks a lotQuote from: Aldom92 on April 14, 2008, 12:49:33 AM is there any way to know for sure? yes. Quote out of nowhere you can hear the harddrive make a weird noise and then the whole comp freezes a harddrive making a weird noise is an early warning SIGN of a failing harddrive. this is why i suggested purchasing a new one ASAP. I would run each drive's corresponding diagnostics from the manuf. site if they're not the same drive. The DLoad is Free and is used to make a bootable CD/floppy... |
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