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    hard drive sound

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by hanime, May 8, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    What's with my hard drive? It's making the processing sound (crunches) every other 3 seconds or so. It's annoying. Is this even normal for a new hard drive?

    Click here to download and see what I'm talking about:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8S0LSGWD (wait 45sec for download link)
     
    hanime, May 8, 2008
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  2. GF[BE]

    GF[BE] Notebook Consultant

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    It's probably Vista indexing your files to make access faster. :)
     
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  4. IM_ALL_IN

    IM_ALL_IN Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the link deadsimple.

    I posted a simliar thread not too long ago looking for fixes for the constant noise of my hard drive. I was thinking about putting washers inside the case or installing some kind of cloth around the drive to dampen the noise:laugh: so this is something I'm definitely going to try before I get into that mess.
     
    IM_ALL_IN, May 8, 2008
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