Re: Noisy Maxtor hard drive

As said earlier, have several of them, most S-ATA, one P-ATA, noene noisy at
all, and from independent magazine reviews I read before buying them, they
are not
the least nosiy one, but far from noisy at rest, as well as under charge.
But they never should click !
Don't forget to backup - image before returning it to shop !!!

"John" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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Thanks for your replies. i will take the thing back to the shop asap. I
have
read quite a few things on the net now about Maxtor drives. Alot of people
say they are noisy, although alot of people say they have never had a
noise
problem, so doesn't really help. best take your advice and get the thing
replaced.

cheers
--
J


"Kemco" wrote:

By the way Seagate owns Maxtor now but there is probably still a number
to
call Maxtor for RMA's sorry Call Maxtor not Seagate. Good Luck

Joe

Kemco Technician

"Kemco" wrote:

You are crazy for thinking that her problem can be resolved by a chkdsk
/r!
If it's a new drive there shouldn't be any bad clusters. A clicking
hard
drive means mechanism failure and if it is new it should be replaced by
either the people who sold it to you(usually you have 30 days) or RMA'd
through the manufacturer. Good Luck and don't waste time running any
checks
on the drive just backup your data the best you can and get a call into
seagate or if you're within 30 days of getting it new go back to where
you
bought it.

Joe

Kemco Technician

"Richard In Va." wrote:

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.
++++++++++++++++

"John" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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