Hard Disk Trouble.... Plz Help Me Now
Saturday, January 24, 2004 by alp65 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Hey guys,
Ok here is the problem I am experianceing this instant.. I have a IBM-DTLA-307030 30 GB Hard Disk. Someone not too soon ago it started making noises in the following order (buzz buzz buzz buzz) and there is a pause (buzz buzz buzz buzz) its always 4 buzzes. The hard disk does this from sometimes just around 30 seconds to sevral minutes. Everything else pauses on the pc when it is making these noises. It happend before and we reainstalled everything and reformated the disk etc and it was ok. But now its back after about 1 1/2 years. This happens when for example I go to star and click on programs. It takes time as if it is searching for something. Some of our programs are also gone.. Could this be a virus because I remember stumbling across a hacking website and downloading one of thier programs too see what it was from the description but I highly doubt that because I had downloaded many before and examine them. Kind of a hobby
. Well I was hopeing you guys could tell me if this is a virus or something wrong with the hard disk. I really need your help. Thanks 
Ok here is the problem I am experianceing this instant.. I have a IBM-DTLA-307030 30 GB Hard Disk. Someone not too soon ago it started making noises in the following order (buzz buzz buzz buzz) and there is a pause (buzz buzz buzz buzz) its always 4 buzzes. The hard disk does this from sometimes just around 30 seconds to sevral minutes. Everything else pauses on the pc when it is making these noises. It happend before and we reainstalled everything and reformated the disk etc and it was ok. But now its back after about 1 1/2 years. This happens when for example I go to star and click on programs. It takes time as if it is searching for something. Some of our programs are also gone.. Could this be a virus because I remember stumbling across a hacking website and downloading one of thier programs too see what it was from the description but I highly doubt that because I had downloaded many before and examine them. Kind of a hobby
. Well I was hopeing you guys could tell me if this is a virus or something wrong with the hard disk. I really need your help. Thanks 
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Jafo
Reply #22 Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:11 PM
Reply #22 Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:11 PM
I'm a bit late to this thread...but first priority is to offload any critical data....your drive is about to die. IBM has had a recent poor rep with drives...so much so I wouldn't buy one if my life depended on it...
alp65
Reply #23 Friday, January 30, 2004 1:40 PM
Reply #23 Friday, January 30, 2004 1:40 PM
Well you see we had this same problem 1-2 years ago and we reinstalled windows and after that it was fixed but after 1-2 years its doing the same again. It happens on cetain parts of the hard disk I go into for example start--- programs-- it does it
every time and not on any random things. I think there is something more to this
every time and not on any random things. I think there is something more to this
kongit
Reply #24 Friday, January 30, 2004 1:48 PM
Reply #24 Friday, January 30, 2004 1:48 PM
just get a new hard drive. they aren't too expensive and having more space on your hard drive because you got one with more space is a good thing. I would buy a new one for myself if I had the money.
DesignCaddy
Reply #25 Friday, January 30, 2004 4:40 PM
Reply #25 Friday, January 30, 2004 4:40 PM
i read the first couple posts and skipped the rest. sounds like a bad sector to me.
norton disk doctor (from ages past.. i'm talking w3.1 or dos version) had a great utility for running around and cleaning up bad sectors. fix your drive right up. im sure the new ones have it but.. you know, i never stopped to figure it out. hope i never need to :/
norton disk doctor (from ages past.. i'm talking w3.1 or dos version) had a great utility for running around and cleaning up bad sectors. fix your drive right up. im sure the new ones have it but.. you know, i never stopped to figure it out. hope i never need to :/
Jafo
Reply #26 Friday, January 30, 2004 5:50 PM
Reply #26 Friday, January 30, 2004 5:50 PM
| first priority is to offload any critical data....your drive is about to die. IBM has had a recent poor rep with drives |
The word is PRIORITY...
Jafo
Reply #28 Friday, January 30, 2004 6:08 PM
Reply #28 Friday, January 30, 2004 6:08 PM
Yes, but my 'big word' actually has meaning and relevance to this thread....yours does not....
bakerstreet
Reply #30 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:20 PM
Reply #30 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:20 PM
I don't know what the hell is going on, but man there have been a lot of hard drive problems. Wincusto loses one (or two?) on a server and then the same week I lose an 80gig, then someone I used to work with calls me and tells me they lost one, and the next week someone else starts a thread just like this one. Now this one...
This screams for a class-action. Wasn't there something about a hard drive manufacturer last year reducing their warrenty to 1 year? Maybe they saw the writing on the wall...
This screams for a class-action. Wasn't there something about a hard drive manufacturer last year reducing their warrenty to 1 year? Maybe they saw the writing on the wall...
kona0197
Reply #31 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:23 PM
that would be maxtor i think. could have been western digital ot IBM.
I have a old quantum 6.4 gig that has served me well.
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Reply #31 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:23 PM
| This screams for a class-action. Wasn't there something about a hard drive manufacturer last year reducing their warrenty to 1 year? |
that would be maxtor i think. could have been western digital ot IBM.
I have a old quantum 6.4 gig that has served me well.
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Essencay
Reply #32 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:25 PM
Reply #32 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:25 PM
I think they all jumped on the 1-year bandwagon, the bunch of lemmings
bakerstreet
Reply #33 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:30 PM
Reply #33 Friday, January 30, 2004 8:30 PM
You can bet the guts of these things are all generic parts made at a couple of different places. Some poor guy in Taiwan probably came to work with a hangover and turned out a bad run of widgets...
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Reply #21 Sunday, January 25, 2004 4:22 PM