Harddrive going dead?

[eLus1ve]

Recently everytime I access my 40GB slave hardddrive, it would take forever to access its folders through my computer and lag my entire computer. In addition, when I do access em, my harddrive produces more heat and gets more loud. However, none of my datas or corrupted or missing.. fortunately. Is there an indication my harddrive will fail soon?

 

[awdark]

Use speedfan and look at the smart health of the drive..

Also make sure that thing isnt in PIO mode... I think I used to have a drive taht stops after a while when it isnt used so perhaps thats the spinup time or something.

 

[eLus1ve]

Well my health on the Maxtor is at 81% but my performance is at 100%... Is there something like an error checking program I can run? By the way, where can I edit my PIO mode..