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 Member 516 Level 36.18 Mar 2006 
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Hard drive makes weird sound when booting
I have a 2-3 year old Maxtor 250GB hard drive in an enclosure. A few days ago I noticed it was making this weird sound when I started up the enclosure. Kind of like a weird gulping, hiccupping or coughing sound. Didn't seem right.
I thought maybe the enclosure was going bad somehow; it had already lost one of its LEDs mysteriously. I put the drive in another enclosure and got the same sound out of it. To say this drive has been faultless would be untrue. I've had to format it once because it would work inside my computer but not in an enclosure. I also lost all my data on it. I don't know what happened, the data just went bad, but after I formatted it, it seemed fine. Now I already copied everything from it to another drive, because damned if I lose 700 #gamemp3s releases. Is the drive going bad? Should I just ignore the sound? Is there any software I could use to verify that my drive is working correctly, or will it not be able to detect the nature of the malfunction before it's too late? Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 516 Level 36.18 Mar 2006
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Yeah I was told Maxtors either last very short or very long, but they certainly are the cheapest. Of course Maxtor now belongs to Seagate. Also, while avoiding the argument of which drives are the best, I would like to mention that Seagate drives come with a five year warranty.
Yeah I'm figuring this thing is going to give up the ghost soon. I'd rather it just die than have to wonder whether or not I can store files on it and for how long. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Member 516 Level 36.18 Mar 2006
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Most likely because Seagate bought Maxtor. The drive I currently have does not have such a warranty, however, unless it was somehow magically extended by the niceness of Seagate
 This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Member 516 Level 36.18 Mar 2006
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I backed up the data to an alternate drive.
Backing up 150GB worth of stuff takes time, and there are other things to consider like CRC Errors. Plus my DVD writer is ultra old and can burn only up to 4X, so it would take days I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
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