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my hard drive has been making odd noises in the last couple od days, it emits sort of like a succession of 'beeps' which last for some 15 seconds and then reappear again after about 5 minutes. If I reboot then they stop and don't come back until some random point the next day... my hard drive is only about 4 years old, and I can't find anything on the internet about this, as the noises are definately notes rather than clicks. any ideas on what they could be, and why they suddenly started happening? |
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your hard drive is attempting to time travel without a proper flux capacitor |
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sounds ominous... |
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there is a mouse called flunky who lives inside your hard drive,everyday he chews on more wires-but he does this cos he is hungary. throw a piece of cheese inside your computer and all will be well again. |
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I had a 5 year old hard drive in one of my computers that was doing that until it died a couple months ago. It would click and THEN beep, once or twice a day. It had been doing that for... about 3 years. Without dying. It wasn't an important drive so I just sort of left it and laughed at it. But I'd be worried if I were you. |
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4 years is pretty old. |
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perform a backup quick! your harddrive is about to malfunction within a few weeks... |
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seriously? holy crap |
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it sounds like a disconnected telephone :/ I hope it's just some sort of modem problem! |
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if your hard drive is making the noises, it's not your modem. |
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Keep hoping if it makes you feel better, but you ARE going to back dat ass up... right? My clicking/beeping hard-drive lasted 3/10s of decade but if my master drive made a peep right now, I'd freak out. ACT NOW. |
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I have no blank CDs or floppies! the backupping will have to wait until tomorrow. eek! |
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If there's anything of reasonable size you absolutely NEED to save, upload it to a site like megaupload or whatever so you can download it again if your drive croaks. Just in case. |
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oh god yes! Can't believe I didnt think of that. Thanks a lot! the noises were furious for some 10 minutes a while back but seem to have stopped for the day. It's very odd. Perhaps it has something to do with overheating? I know for a fact my fan is slightly dicky and it is quite hot here in London... what do you think? |
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"your harddrive is about to malfunction within a few weeks..." That reminds me of the time horsefactory told someone that they were going to die within seconds :D lol |
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My computer has been making weird beeping sounds. I opened the side panel and put a big fan next to it. Now it is fine. It could be overheating, see. |
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yeah, hopefully that's it. I'll grab a few ice packs and an umbrella for it. |
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Oh good maybe this means DeleriousWeasel will go away for a long time. |
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