Harddrive Dying?

[Deleted whining member 223597]

I have noticed some odd slow ups lately whenever I open files. The thing is, sometimes when I open a folder (Ex. Program Files), I hear the disks "stop spinning" and then start up again, and it takes about 5-8 seconds for it to open. I checked if it was maybe too much fragmentation, but no 0% when I checked. Should I be concerned about it dying? I have no real important files so that doesn't matter to me.

 

[4LC4PON3]

You can use various programs to test your HDD to see if it comes up with errors. Here 2 are

CrystalDisk
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

HDDTune
http://www.hdtune.com/

 

[DrDoU]

The harddrive buffer could be going out.