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    Hard drive making a light knocking noises.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kojack, Feb 19, 2012.

  1. kojack

    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    My hard drive is making licht knocking noises when its spinning. Is it going south on me?

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    kojack, Feb 19, 2012
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    It is normal for hdd`s to make some noise, it`s normally just the read/write head`s moving or it parking and unparking to save power, their is a piece of software called hdparm that can disable the power mangment.

    Have you checked the smart data? if not download HDTunePro Trial and check it.

    John.

    http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_500_trial.exe
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Feb 19, 2012
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  3. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    Spot on John, the hitachi in my Dell D610 is 5 yrs old and has been doing that for at least the last year, no issues, but I would recommend a full image backup to an external drive just in case.
    Kojack FYI mine is silent, only does it once in a while during writes.
     
    JOSEA, Feb 19, 2012
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  4. kojack

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    I will backup to my external soon. its not even when its writing, just spinning..sounds "loose"..
     
    kojack, Feb 19, 2012
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    How much mileage does it have on it?

    If you've been using it for a while and this is something new a backup is definitely in order.
     
    Krane, Feb 19, 2012
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    Well its the original drive. So there is a few miles. I will replace it when I can. I have all data off it anyways as I just formatted it.

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    kojack, Feb 20, 2012
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