hard drive problems

metalpayne · 02-05-2008, 06:09 AM

my hard drive, when i made it into a ntfs system, ever since it started acting up, making wierd sounds and stuff. now, it starts up with a low, then high noise, like it's litterally trying to tell me it's gonna die. what do i do? and no, i don't wanna hear get a new one.

cmnorton · 02-05-2008, 06:37 AM

Back up your data.

Formatting your system drive would not cause the drive to make noise.

Are you running some kind of power management, like on a laptop?

metalpayne · 02-08-2008, 10:05 AM

i figured out that it's the motherboard or something else, cuz when i start up and put in a different drive, it still makes the sound. i'll just change my motherboard.

02-05-2008, 06:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
metalpayne Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MI Posts: 7 OS: Linux and Windows XP SP 2 My System	hard drive problems my hard drive, when i made it into a ntfs system, ever since it started acting up, making wierd sounds and stuff. now, it starts up with a low, then high noise, like it's litterally trying to tell me it's gonna die. what do i do? and no, i don't wanna hear get a new one.

02-05-2008, 06:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
cmnorton Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arlington, MA Posts: 22 OS: Ubuntu	Re: hard drive problems Back up your data. Formatting your system drive would not cause the drive to make noise. Are you running some kind of power management, like on a laptop? __________________ Charles M. Norton

02-08-2008, 10:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
metalpayne Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: MI Posts: 7 OS: Linux and Windows XP SP 2 My System	Re: hard drive problems i figured out that it's the motherboard or something else, cuz when i start up and put in a different drive, it still makes the sound. i'll just change my motherboard.