[ltp] Harddrive is blowing up... I need some advice

[Greg Meyer]

On Friday 30 July 2004 10:39 pm, D. Sen wrote:
> My 5400 rpm, 80 Gig Hitachi hard drive often makes a "whirrrring" noise
> when held at a slight angle off horizontal. As soon as I tilt the laptop
> in the other direction, the whirring goes away. Its disconcerting but
> hasnt shown any other indications that it might be failing soon.
>
Also, most notebook drives make a clunk when you flip them around.  Not sure 
exactly why, but both of mine do it and I am told this is normal.
> DS
>
> Mendel Cooper wrote:
> >On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Chris wrote:
> >>Now my 60 GB IBM hdd in my T30 begins to make strange sounds,
> >>and when I flip it I hear that inside something is loose...
> >
> >This does not necessarily mean your drive is going bad. Certain models
> >of IBM 2.5" hdds rattle when shaken, and this is normal. I have one that
> >has a printed tag on it saying so.
> >
> >As for other noises, well, maybe not so good, but who knows. I picked up
> >a cheap used 2.5" 25 GB hdd on eBay several months back, and it makes
> >*loud* clunking noises during operation. The drive passed all stress
> >tests and has been running without error so far. It was one of the early,
> >experimental 5400 rpm drives made back around 4 years ago.
> >
> >So, like I said, who knows.

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