Re: Noisy Maxtor hard drive

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Hello John,

Based on you description, I've had this happen with my older Seagate drives
several times. I ran "CHKDSK /R" to resolve the problem. (At least for the
time being).

Sounds to me your OS is trying to read data that is located in a "Bad"
cluster or sector, or that the data may be currupt.

CHKDSK /R will attempt to recover data from areas of your disk that has
either failed or beginning to fail.

Here's a link via google search...
http://www.ss64.com/nt/chkdsk.html

Do you own google search to read-up alittle before you do anything tho.

I went through this with ALL my harddrives, even the good ones about 10
months ago, haven't had any problems since.

But this is just my advice/opinion.... Replacing the HD while it's under
warrantee would be the best long term solution.

Hope to be helpful!

Richard In Va.
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"John" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7C2DD086-A040-4134-AD4E-755A54F9337A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi

I have a computer running XP, and recently had a new hard drive installed
because the old one failed. However, the new drive is quite noisy, making
loud clicking sounds like a geiger counter when doing even the simplest
things. The new drive is a Maxtor; is this a sign that the hard drive is
faulty or is this just normal for this make of drive. I would be very
greatful for your advice.

thanks
--
John


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