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lurifax
I am really getting worried. It sounds like the HDD is going down VERY soon.
StormBringer
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repairing a HDD will cost you more than buying a new one. Having to pay for professional data retreival will cost you your right arm and at least one kidney.
With that said, you need to do a couple of things to test the drive out before thinking it is dying. Check here for diagnostic utilities https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7602
You might also want to try defragmenting the drive, sometimes heavily fragmented drives can make strange noises that mimic a dying drive. Also, if the cables are not well seated, it can cause this as well.
With that said, you need to do a couple of things to test the drive out before thinking it is dying. Check here for diagnostic utilities https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7602
You might also want to try defragmenting the drive, sometimes heavily fragmented drives can make strange noises that mimic a dying drive. Also, if the cables are not well seated, it can cause this as well.
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