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Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on August 07, 2006, 12:32
Settled down after several reboot attemps including getting a message to insert system disk  ,any clues to what could be wrong ??...Jim
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: Simon on August 07, 2006, 12:37
My immediate guess is that the hard drive is on the way out - suggest you start backing up any valuable data while you still can.  :|
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on August 07, 2006, 12:39
It's less than a year old Simon  :evil:
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: Sandra on August 07, 2006, 12:53
Hard drives can fail well inside their warranty period Jim.

I like Western Digital drives as I have found them to be the most reliable.

I had a WD 250 gig 16mb SATA 2 drive fail earlier this year that came with a 3 year warranty yet it failed within 3 months  :shock:
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on August 07, 2006, 13:03
Boo whoo whoo ,looks like I have some serious backing up to do !!
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: Clive on August 07, 2006, 13:26
I had one fail after just 4 weeks!   :cry:
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: Simon on August 07, 2006, 13:54
Sorry it's bad news, Jim.  At least, if it's less than a year old, you should be able to get a replacement under warranty.
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: gmax on August 07, 2006, 15:19
I like Western Digital drives as I have found them to be the most reliable and
maxtor the worst, but dont waste a dead harddrive pull it apart and get the
magnet out, their a real strong magnet :)
Title: H/D grinding after reboot !!
Post by: TOFFEEMAN1878 on August 07, 2006, 18:22
Thanks for the replies guys& girls , it's a WD 80GB with only 23% used shouldn't take too long to transfer all the data !!
 Thanks again ....Jim