Re: Hard drives 'crunch' every second?

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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:50:42 -0800 (PST), DeanB
<deanbrown3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 25, 10:50 pm, "Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*@gmailcom> 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.

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Xandros

"DeanB" <deanbrow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Hello all,

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.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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.


The machine being new isn't really pertinent. In fact, drives are most
likely to fail when they are either new or old.

But I agree that since both drives do the same thing it is unlikely
that there's a problem with the drives themselves.

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