hard drive squeal

J

John Griffin

I have an HP computer running XP that is about three years old.

Recently I have been noticing a high pitched squeal. I removed the side
of the case and it seems to be coming from the the hard drive.

What I was wondering is the the hard drive spins all the time or just
when being accessed etc.?

TIA

John
 
S

Shenan Stanley

John said:
I have an HP computer running XP that is about three years old.

Recently I have been noticing a high pitched squeal. I removed the
side of the case and it seems to be coming from the the hard drive.

What I was wondering is the the hard drive spins all the time or just
when being accessed etc.?

This could be a warning sign the drive is about to go out.
Backup your data often to prepare for it.

Hard drives spin all the time unless you have your power management setup to
power it down when idle.
 
N

no one

John said:
I have an HP computer running XP that is about three years old.

Recently I have been noticing a high pitched squeal. I removed the side
of the case and it seems to be coming from the the hard drive.

What I was wondering is the the hard drive spins all the time or just
when being accessed etc.?

TIA

John

You should have Backuped of your files YESTERDAY !! today may be too
late !!!
 
G

Guest

All hd mfgs have a DOS utility to chk the drive,download and run it from
the floppy.3 yrs old is going to be borderline anyway,purchase new,then
set old as storage and as a page file.
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

Andrew said:
All hd mfgs have a DOS utility to chk the drive,download and run it
from the floppy.3 yrs old is going to be borderline anyway,purchase
new,then set old as storage and as a page file.



You are a ****wit. A moronic, clueless, cretinous, imbecilic, idiotic,
stupid, thick-headed, numb-skulled dickwad. When are you going to get it
into your pea-sized brain that, when it comes to anything technological, a
three-year-old has more idea than you do?! I have just Googled for you at
your current address and, since you started posting, I haven't seen a single
post that: -



a) Makes sense

b) Shows any kind of technical aptitude* whatsoever

c) Has been researched

That's a very big word for you. You may need to avail yourself of a
dictionary (of course, I'm making a huge assumption that you actually know
what one is...)

So, you'd store data and the page file on a dying drive would you? Another
example that you're a completely clueless f**kwit. This post has been logged
and reported to MS.





If imaging a SATA drive "simply doesnt work" [/sic/] then I must be
dreaming. I, therefore, draw the conclusion that you've never tried it or,
if you have, it's precisely because you're a clueless ****wit that it
"simply doesnt work" [/sic/].

Welcome to the Moron of the Month Award's permanent Hall of Shame. Others'
stays might be brief but, by displaying total and utter ineptitude and
complete unwillingness to learn, you have proven that you're so devoid of
clue that, until you learn, you deserve a wall all to yourself.

I wonder how many systems you've destroyed with your 'advice'? One day,
someone's going to sue you because they believed you knew what you were on
about.

Now, I suggest you either go on a course to learn at least the basics and
then, when you have proven you have a clue, you may return; or, if you don't
wish to do that don't bother ever posting here again because, from now on,
every dangerous and misleading post you make is being reported to MS. OTOH,
there is evidence that you wish to deliberately cause harm: -

1) You always post via the CDO (which means only MS can log your IP)

2) You never return to any thread in which you've posted.

3) Your 'advice', as well as being dangerous, is so poorly written that
it could be easily misconstrued. I suggest you take remedial English along
with that computer class. You obviously never attended any English lessons
at school (though I'm making another big assumption that you ever went to
school...)



So, Andrew, your choice. You either put up and take some advice - or you
shut up and never post again. It's entirely up to you.
 

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