Re: Hard drives 'crunch' every second?

On Nov 26, 12:08 am, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DeanB wrote:
When I read a load of files off a drive sequentially, it wizzes
through fast, but I can hear the heads crunching (or moving
frantically) precisely once every second. I assume this is for some
kind of indexing or maintenance of some kind.

Is it possible to stop this? Its annoying only because it makes
scanning though pictures relatively unsmooth.
Shenan Stanley wrote:
Who made the hard disk drive (manufacturer)?
Have you ran their diagnostics to verify the drive is not
experiencing issues?
When was the last time you defragmented the drive? How often do
you do this?
What are the rest of the specifications on the machine?
Xandros wrote:
Hard drive "clicking" can be a sign of a dying drive. I suggest you
backup the important data on the drive now. You may want to get a
diagnostic tool from the manufacturer's site and test it but the
best thing to do is ensure your data is safe before you run such
and application. Some diagnostic tools put a lot of stress on a
drive and if the head is about to fall off you end up with a dead
drive before you get it backed up.
DeanB wrote:
1. New scsi 15K rpm Fujitsu 73GB on LSI U160 controller
2. WD Raptor 10K rpm 150GB sata

Machine is 1 month old - E6850 3GHz Core 2 Duo, Asus Maximus MB. I
don't think there is anything wrong. Both hard drives do exactly the
same thing - though of course the scsi is a real screamer.

New does not mean 'functionally perfect' -> I'd still test them to be safe.
They also could just be noisy drives.

As for 'precisely once per second', that's pretty accurate timing on your
part - especially if two different drives in your system do it... How'd you
time it/seperate them for the test?

What about the defragmentation? Rest of the system specifications?

Latest drivers for the motherboard chipset, controller card, etc installed?
(from the manufacturer of each component.)

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I don't think there is a problem. The noise is typical hard drive head
movement. Its just like normal random access, except it occurs every
second. I can hear my clock ticking and they keep in time. So I
suspect its some kind of maintenance function. Again, both drives do
it, and both are working fine. Wish I could turn it off somehow.

All drivers are up to date on the MB and scsi controller.
.

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