Noisy HDD

IIRC you can by accessing the i386 folder, I believe I did it once this
way

Hi Brian,
what the flippin' heck is IIRC?
I have seen this written before, in this group and elsewhere but have
no idea what it means.

thanks

regards Jane

If I remember correctly, IIRC is if I remember correctly. How's that,
Jane? :-)

jane wrote:
IIRC you can by accessing the i386 folder, I believe I did it once this
way

Hi Brian,
what the flippin' heck is IIRC?
I have seen this written before, in this group and elsewhere but have
no idea what it means.

thanks

regards Jane

Thank you for that Hugh.
Just a 1% question, what if this one isnt actually to do with mine?

Hey, guess what. That download was actually a little quieter than
the last couple of weeks worth, I like good news.

regards Jane

"Hugh Candlin" wrote in message
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"jane" wrote in message
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Went to Western Digitals site once with details from my sales-slip,
but couldnt find my drive. I will have to poke around inside the box
and find more info then go to the site again.
The drive would be about 4 years old.
My sales slip states it is:::
"W/Digital 40gig IDE ATA/100 HDD".

I'm pretty sure this is the file you want

http://support.wdc.com/download/inde...&pid=4&swid=18

Someone once posted that removing the "sides" may disrupt the proper
flow of air from the fan(s). It may be true, as I ran that way for over
a month, wanting to do something in there I never ended up doing. I
THINK I may have noticed freezing activity before I finally closed the
box. (But I do not recall noisiness.)

Anyway, better get the diagnostic software. (Also, Scandisk/Defrag
sounded sensible. But you did that often enough.)


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"jane" wrote in message
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| You're sure it's your hard drive and not a programmed sound event?
Humor
| me--mute your volume control and see if it still happens.
| ----------------
| Hi gary,
| I have had the sides off of the box for around two weeks now..
| (ever since i had that prob' with the fans etc) and it is definately
| coming directly from the hard-drive.
| It is sort of like a "knocking" sound from within the hard-drive unit,
| it knocks about 4 times as download starts and similar when it
| finishes............. odd wouldnt you say?
| Apart from that, comp is running fine.
| Also, the downloads themselves reach their destination without
| a hitch at all.
|
| Thanks,
|
| regards Jane
|
|
|
|
| Hi all,
| I think I may have mentioned this prior but due to increase in
| frequency I am bringing it up again.
| My hard drive is making a sort of 'knocking sound' but Only at the
| beginning & end of a download from the internet.
| Is this something that is 'normal' at times or something a little
more
| sinister.
| I do understand that like spark-plugs, things need replacing; What
| I dont understand is the 'knocking' only occuring as mentioned.
|
| Hope I get good news.......
|
| regards Jane
|
|
|
|
|

If I remember correctly, IIRC is if I remember correctly. How's that,
Jane? :-)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh,
Thank you.

regards Jane

" Someone once posted that removing the "sides" may disrupt the proper
flow of air from the fan(s). It may be true, as I ran that way for over
a month, wanting to do something in there I never ended up doing. I
THINK I may have noticed freezing activity before I finally closed the
box. (But I do not recall noisiness.)

Anyway, better get the diagnostic software. (Also, Scandisk/Defrag
sounded sensible. But you did that often enough.)


Yes, I reckon I have Defrag etc on a reasonable schedule, along with other
sensible measures.
Hey, guess what PCR, the flippin' fan is just as noisy too now as it
was when I got the computer guy to spray it with the 'special gunk'.
Anyway, the sides have been off ever since that day. We havent had
any hot weather worth mentioning either since then.
I have also left the sides off for familiarisation of inner components
due to my computer course coming up in the near future at the time.
(its here now and boy is it intense from day one.........!)(am loving it).
(be as clever as dan soon.......)

I mentioned in earlier post that I heard a friends HDD today, it sounded
sort of similar. His side was off too.
I had better run the diagnostic tool from W/D before I continue thread,
got to eliminate things first.

thanks pcr,

regards Jane

(ps, my desktops great)

"jane" wrote in message
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Thank you for that Hugh.
Just a 1% question, what if this one isnt actually to do with mine?

It will determine that and advise you that you need an earlier version.

That is what it did to me. I used the software that came
with my most recently-purchased drive on an earlier-purchased drive,
and it balked, telling me that I needed an earlier version.

You dont have to use that version. You can start at
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n
and make your own selection based on the actual drive
that you are trying to diagnose.

Hey, guess what. That download was actually a little quieter than
the last couple of weeks worth, I like good news.

It may be good. Or, it may be that the head actuators
are weakening and your drive is that much closer to failure.

Or there may be nothing wrong with the drive,
and it will not fail for months or years.

Nobody knows.

A drive could get a clean bill of health today,
and be dead tomorrow.

I always think of it as "If I recall correctly."

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"jane" wrote in message
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IIRC you can by accessing the i386 folder, I believe I did it once
this
way

Hi Brian,
what the flippin' heck is IIRC?
I have seen this written before, in this group and elsewhere but have
no idea what it means.

thanks

regards Jane

"jane" wrote in message
...

Anyway, the sides have been off ever since that day. We havent had
any hot weather worth mentioning either since then.
I have also left the sides off for familiarisation of inner components
due to my computer course coming up in the near future at the time.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...4bce29100750f4

I mentioned in earlier post that I heard a friends HDD today, it sounded
sort of similar. His side was off too.

You are both shortening the life of your electronic components.
Heat is the top threat, as it is always present, and therefore
poses more of an immediate threat than power surges or static.

I had better run the diagnostic tool from W/D before I continue thread,
got to eliminate things first.

Start with heat.

regards Jane

(ps, my desktops great)

You seem to go out of your way to look for trouble.

Well, you do tend to be a bit more formal (on occasion) than some of us
youngins in here!

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
I always think of it as "If I recall correctly."

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"jane" wrote in message
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IIRC you can by accessing the i386 folder, I believe I did it once
this
way

Hi Brian,
what the flippin' heck is IIRC?
I have seen this written before, in this group and elsewhere but have
no idea what it means.

thanks

regards Jane