I've had this HDD for a while, 1-3 yeard, I'd say. I recently got a new computer and I noticed (it may of been there before, I'm not sure, but I noticed it after I got a new computer) that it would make a lot of noise when it has to read a lot, say, I open a folder with 30 images or I go to d:/ and search for something. I recorded how it sounds: When it reads a lot (for example a folder with lots of images): http://www.wikiupload.com/Y22R2QXTRNGDPU4 This only happends when it has to read *a lot*, like when I go to D:/ and search the whole thing for a or b. Not when I open a folder with 4 files, or even 30 images(if I have opened it before) The clicking: www.wikiupload.com/NN8FYR7LCRUQ5QR The HDD is a Seagate. Barracuda 7200.10 I downloaded Seagate tools for Windows and ran the following tests * Fix all long * S.M.A.R.T check * Short drive self test all of which passed.
Very simple sollution.. If you have a install cd of Windows XP,Format your harddrive over again,don't forget to back up all your stuff. If you don't have any backup cd-s.. Just defragmentate your harddrive with Defraggler (Piriform Freeware) => http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download Probably your harddrive is badly fragmentated.. Or maybe there's just a cookie overload ;P Download Ccleaner,Same website and clean your harddrive. Greets, Invidia
