Storage Solutions Hard Disk Noise..

[Rahul++]

I have Seagate 160GB SATA HDD. Since 2,3 days... it is giving too much noise....

Is this signal of getting bad sectors??

 

[stalker]

more likely the hard-disc failing..

1.confirm that noise is from HDD

2.check S.M.A.R.T

3.Backup all your stuff elsewhere.

4.RMA

 

[Rahul++]

Whats the cause??

Confirmed.. And Noise is from HDD.. like scratching...

 

[stalker]

the cause is that the drive head is going for a toss...

better back up nd do that sooon...

 

[thetechmind]

Whats the cause??
Confirmed.. And Noise is from HDD.. like scratching...

the last time this happened to me was in the yr 2000 , the hdd would make noise like 2 metal plates are rotating in opposite directions and grinding each other , its somehow the same case here , Now - its just about time the noise will increase AND the drive might start to get 'physical' scratches on the platter.....back up everything ASAP....if in warranty RMA , if not then wait for it to go kaput and u get a bahana to get a new one hyeah:

 

[Rahul++]

hmm.. i will try it out

Backing up a Data on other HDD now

 

[Nikhil]

HDD dying. I had the EXACT same problem and a few minutes later my hard disk was dead.

 

[lomac_29]

that scratching noise is commonly reffered to as the "buzz of death"...hyeah:

what i feel is that a head crah is occuring,,ie the read write head of ur hard disk drive is touching its rotating platter

get it replaced soon as others have suggested .....eventually it will die..very soon......Following a head crash, particles of material scraped free of the drive surface greatly increase the chances of further head crashes or damage to the platters...

 

[chezy]

Thats the grinding of death, soon the sound will stop, so backup everything.

 

[linuxtechie]

May the disk RIP lolz.

~LT

 

[Photographer]

it's gonna die very soon so back up everything u can