my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the indicator
light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to shut down. i've
tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and will do
so at reboot. any remedies?
--
dust rider

You may have spyware software on your system. Clean these "spyware" software
off.

Is your hard drive making "clunk"ing sounds? If yes, get a replacement drive
soon.

On 25/11/2005 "polaris2003" <polaris2003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the indicator
>light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to shut down. i've
>tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and will do
>so at reboot. any remedies?

--
---

Y.

polaris2003 wrote:

> my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the
> indicator light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to
> shut down. i've
> tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and
> will do so at reboot. any remedies?

Yes. Back up your data and replace the hard drive. You can run a
diagnostic utility downloaded from the drive mftr.'s website, but
noises like that are a good indication that the drive is failing or has
already died.

However, since your post refers to unplugging the hard drive when you
really mean unplugging the computer, you may want to have a
professional look at the machine instead. The sound may not be coming
from the hard drive at all.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

no it is not "clinking" just like it's constanly running "buzzing" . I did
run a spy sweep, and virus scan.
thanks,
--
dust rider


"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> You may have spyware software on your system. Clean these "spyware" software
> off.
>
> Is your hard drive making "clunk"ing sounds? If yes, get a replacement drive
> soon.
>
> On 25/11/2005 "polaris2003" <polaris2003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the indicator
> >light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to shut down. i've
> >tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and will do
> >so at reboot. any remedies?
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>
>

yeah I went to mfg's site and ran diagnostics, but showed "ok". thanks for
your input.
--
dust rider


"Malke" wrote:

> polaris2003 wrote:
>
> > my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the
> > indicator light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to
> > shut down. i've
> > tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and
> > will do so at reboot. any remedies?
>
> Yes. Back up your data and replace the hard drive. You can run a
> diagnostic utility downloaded from the drive mftr.'s website, but
> noises like that are a good indication that the drive is failing or has
> already died.
>
> However, since your post refers to unplugging the hard drive when you
> really mean unplugging the computer, you may want to have a
> professional look at the machine instead. The sound may not be coming
> from the hard drive at all.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

What do you mean by "tried rebooting and also unplugging it"?
Can you explain more "it is still buzzing"?


"polaris2003" wrote:

> my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the indicator
> light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to shut down. i've
> tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and will do
> so at reboot. any remedies?
> --
> dust rider

"polaris2003" <polaris2003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>yeah I went to mfg's site and ran diagnostics, but showed "ok". thanks for
>your input.

If the drive checks out okay then it is possible that the noises are
coming from another source, such as a cooling fan.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:16:02 -0800, "polaris2003"
<polaris2003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the indicator
>light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to shut down. i've
>tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and will do
>so at reboot. any remedies?

I suggest you ask in an appropriate hardware group. The noise your
hard drive makes has nothing to do with the OS.

This person has as much right to post here as you have the right to tell him
not to.

Funny! I don't remember seeing a helpful reply from you - EVER!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
news:l0efo195o4tc36b42srnup36i7vs6gc34i@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:16:02 -0800, "polaris2003"
> <polaris2003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>my hard drive has been making a noise since i rebooted and the indicator
>>light is constantly on. it comes up slow and take forever to shut down.
>>i've
>>tried rebooting and also unplugging it, but it is still buzzing and will
>>do
>>so at reboot. any remedies?
>
> I suggest you ask in an appropriate hardware group. The noise your
> hard drive makes has nothing to do with the OS.
>