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    Sign of hard drive failure?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ASUS_W3J, Mar 16, 2008.

  1. ASUS_W3J

    ASUS_W3J Newbie

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    My hard drive makes a soft "clunk" noise every 30 seconds or so when my notebook is idle. Is this a sign that my hard drive is going?

    I've started to back up all my data btw.
     
    ASUS_W3J, Mar 16, 2008
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    afcop88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What kind of HD do you have? I've had two HD fail, one in my desktop ad one in my laptop, the one in my laptop didnt give me any warning at all. The one in my desk top was making noises like a a car with a flat tire, and the next time i booted up it was gone. Good call on backing up your data before its too late.
     
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    What make of hard disk?

    Most of the manufacturers have diagnostic software on their websites which will check the performance and look at the SMART data. There's also ActiveSMART for a second opinion. However, it's not infallible - several years ago it was predicting that one of my HDDs was going to die, but the HDD failed to oblige.

    However, do your backup first.

    John
     
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  4. ASUS_W3J

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    It's a 100gb Fujitsu MHV2100AH PL, it came stock with my W3J. I also ran the error checking utility in windows and it didn't find anything. Anything else I can do?
     
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  5. Sir Travis D

    Sir Travis D Notebook Deity

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    call the geeksquad :p
     
    Sir Travis D, Mar 16, 2008
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    Thanks John I'll check that out...
     
    ASUS_W3J, Mar 16, 2008
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    The Fujitsu HDD diagnostic tools are here.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Mar 17, 2008
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    penrynTech Notebook Guru

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    There may be no fault at all. Sometimes laptop hard drives make the noise your describing and it perfectly normal. If you are unsure then keep backing up your data. With laptop HDDs the normally fail quite quickly/start losing files/causing bluescreens. If none of this is happening then your probably ok
     
    penrynTech, Mar 17, 2008
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