suspicious noise from the harddisk...

[Michael Westphal]

Hello folks,


I had a new IBM-HDD 60 GB. Once in a while I heard an unknown sound from it.
Almost a whistle blow (only two seconds)

Then this sound occured more often. At the end the HDD broke down. Whenever
I tried booting the computer there
was only a constant repetition of this sound and my system wasn't able to
boot. It was only a year old.

I had to replace the HDD and install my system completely new. It was a
nightmare because many of my data were gone.

Now I have two new HDDs in my computer one from IBM (80 GB) and one from
Samsung (80 GB).
Two to be able to mirror my bootable HDD.

Now my problem: From time to time I hear the very same sound from one of my
HDDs.

At the moment I can't notice an increase in frequency. But my heartbeat is
increasing whenever this sound occures.
This is a very worrisome noise. Is this noise normal? Have you ever heard
such a sound?

many thanks for your help!

Michael

 

[CWatters]

Have you ever heard such a sound?

Yes and my hard drive died within hours.

Hope you are doing backups this time around.