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Cryptic

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Sometimes when I start up my computer the harddrive makes a banging sound and it wont go past the "detecting drives" or whatever it is on post untill the banging sound stops. I dont think I've lost any info and my system is still stable, but I dont think that is a good sound. Its never done this before untill a couple of days ago. Anyways to stop it? Its a Seagate 80gig w/ a 8meg buffer and 7200 rpms. Any help would be great. Thanks.
 
I have a 10-gig Western Digital drive in an old computer, and every time it starts up, it makes a series of noises, something like "ba-dunk, ba-dunk, ba-dunk, dink" then starts up normally. Also, sometimes it will randomly stop and make a "ba-dink" noise, and then the drive will spin up again. I don't trust it with any important data, and I've expected it to fail for quite some time, but it keeps going, and I don't complain. Perhaps it's a case of extreme luck.

How old is your drive? If it's within the warranty, Seagate is usually pretty reasonable about RMAs. If not, then it might be a wise idea to invest in another drive, and use this one only for unimportant stuff until it (potentially) dies.
 
had same problem with my maxtor..... its dead, to be to the point, sorry. Sometimes my maxtor would boot up but if i was in the os and it made the noise it would fail the system, I got tired of messing with it and just went and bought another harddrive for my moms system.... no more maxtor for me... i've owned quite a few harddrives in my time and only two have died on me.... a quantum bigfoot lol and a maxtor..... i use WD's now, not one complaint.
 
Destonomos said:
had same problem with my maxtor..... its dead, to be to the point, sorry. Sometimes my maxtor would boot up but if i was in the os and it made the noise it would fail the system, I got tired of messing with it and just went and bought another harddrive for my moms system.... no more maxtor for me... i've owned quite a few harddrives in my time and only two have died on me.... a quantum bigfoot lol and a maxtor..... i use WD's now, not one complaint.
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Its less then a year old, but I dont know about warenty=\. It hasnt done it in the OS yet, only during start up, and I dont see a drop in performance(i.e Loading times ect) So...I dont know...Hope it doesnt die, I just bought a 6800GT:) not much money left:(. Thanks for the posts though.
 
Cryptic said:
Its less then a year old, but I dont know about warenty=\. It hasnt done it in the OS yet, only during start up, and I dont see a drop in performance(i.e Loading times ect) So...I dont know...Hope it doesnt die, I just bought a 6800GT:) not much money left:(. Thanks for the posts though.
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Yah, but its a sign that the harddrive is about to die.... The waranty should get u a new one. Burn the data you want to keep and get a new one, whats the worst that can happen? They say no?
 
The harddisk manufacturers all have records of the date codes & serial numbers. If you call their support hotline, they should be able to arrange everything pretty easily.

I've had harddisks from every major manufacturer out there, and the only one that's ever shown a hint of trouble is the Western Digital I mentioned above. In fact, I've got several Maxtor disks in old computers that are more than a decade old, and they all still work. It's unfortunate when a chance incident leads someone to assume that everything that company makes is a piece of junk. Early failures and defective drives are rare, but they happen with every manufacturer.
 
DanK said:
The harddisk manufacturers all have records of the date codes & serial numbers. If you call their support hotline, they should be able to arrange everything pretty easily.

I've had harddisks from every major manufacturer out there, and the only one that's ever shown a hint of trouble is the Western Digital I mentioned above. In fact, I've got several Maxtor disks in old computers that are more than a decade old, and they all still work. It's unfortunate when a chance incident leads someone to assume that everything that company makes is a piece of junk. Early failures and defective drives are rare, but they happen with every manufacturer.
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So just because it does this on bootup, and it doesnt do it on every boot up, means is going to die? Just wondering because I dont want to go through all that crap unless you are pretty sure=\ (Not that I dont trust you, people on hardforum have never givin me a reason to not trust them:))I just want to be sure. Like I said, its only on random boot ups and just for a few seconds. Thanks
 
Well, the one thing that we can be certain about is that the sound is not normal, and indicates abnormal behavior. There is an old adage that I think applies here: "Harddisks have only two states; dead or dying." Like all things electronic, your harddisk won't last forever. It could go belly-up tomorrow, or last for years like the Western Digital disk I mentioned above.

If Seagate will replace your drive for free (if it's under warranty, they're obligated) then it doesn't hurt to get a new drive. If you can't get a free replacement, then is it worth the chance that your data might all disappear tomorrow? If you don't mind the risk, then by all means continue using the disk until it croaks. If the possibility of losing your data worries you, then my suggestion is to buy another drive, and continue using the old disk for data you don't care about.

You can check to see your warranty status here.
 
DanK said:
Well, the one thing that we can be certain about is that the sound is not normal, and indicates abnormal behavior. There is an old adage that I think applies here: "Harddisks have only two states; dead or dying." Like all things electronic, your harddisk won't last forever. It could go belly-up tomorrow, or last for years like the Western Digital disk I mentioned above.

If Seagate will replace your drive for free (if it's under warranty, they're obligated) then it doesn't hurt to get a new drive. If you can't get a free replacement, then is it worth the chance that your data might all disappear tomorrow? If you don't mind the risk, then by all means continue using the disk until it croaks. If the possibility of losing your data worries you, then my suggestion is to buy another drive, and continue using the old disk for data you don't care about.

You can check to see your warranty status here.
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Thanks so much for that link. I will do it tommorow, Now I'm off to bed for school tommorow:( Thanks!
 
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