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MikeTasker
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During the course of last year I had to replace my HDD due to it making funny “whirring” noises, it was a 30Gb Western Digital drive and I replaced it with a 60Gb IBM Deskstar drive.
Over the last week my IBM drive has started making the same noise, at first it was very brief but it has become fairly regular now. I am going to back up my data on the replacement WD drive I was sent but what could cause these HDD problems.
If they were the same make/model I would say it were the batch but two separate drives having the exact same problem, what could be causing it. Would my PSU have anything to do with it? I can’t see it being the motherboard but could it be my power saving settings (I may have disabled them).
Any ideas would be great as I can’t be doing with replacing my HDD every 6 months.
Thanks,
Mike Tasker
Over the last week my IBM drive has started making the same noise, at first it was very brief but it has become fairly regular now. I am going to back up my data on the replacement WD drive I was sent but what could cause these HDD problems.
If they were the same make/model I would say it were the batch but two separate drives having the exact same problem, what could be causing it. Would my PSU have anything to do with it? I can’t see it being the motherboard but could it be my power saving settings (I may have disabled them).
Any ideas would be great as I can’t be doing with replacing my HDD every 6 months.
Thanks,
Mike Tasker