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    dv5t clicking?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by communisthunter, Aug 26, 2008.

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    Ever since i booted it up for the first time, there is a random clicking sound that seems to come in short bursts, or one click at a time, from the back of the machine, maybe the top, topright corner. I guess its the hard drive.

    I can't really tell if this is normal or not. It has gotten a bit annoying though. Is there anything I can do about it? Has anyone else noticed this problem?
     
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    anyone? it's gotten rather annoying.
     
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    Haven't heard anything -- I thought the hard drive was towards the front. Am I wrong?
     
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    Vista has a feature built in to catalog all your data for fast searching and referencing. This means it is constantly scanning the hard drive for new things to catalog. When the computer is new, it is starting from scratch, so there is a lot of ground to cover. If you turn it on and let it idle overnight while the drive does all of its cataloging that should help to alleviate the issue as it is a common one among the HP units and possible other brands as well considering it is a Vista reason. That being said, all hard drives click to a certain extent.

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    FTJoe, Aug 26, 2008
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