Hard Drive trouble

[deeder7001]

I was wondering why my hard drive makes a really high pitched noise every now and then. Anybody know why it does that. Does anybody know how to make it stop.

[laz]

what is the make and model? It could be a sign of the HDD dieing on you, or the ball bearings wearing out, and then it will crap out on you. So, I would recomend you backup everything important, and get a new HDD, and copy everything you want over to it.

[deeder7001]

Its a Western Digital Caviar 22100. Its a 2.1gb HD. I would need a new one soon anyways. I have about 300mb left.

[Smeggle]

I have about 300mb left.

I'd fill that in 2-3 days I currently use about 1 gig a week..

do as laz says (best safe than sorry) and get your self a new drive. I'd say a seagate Barracuda 40gig is a good drive.

[grumpyBB]

a 2.1 gig HD? WTF? I download more than that in one day sometimes.

[deeder7001]

Its a 6 year old computer. Its a Dell Optiplex GX1 @400mhz. 128mb RAM. Its a good computer it just has a few bugs. How much is a good HD? I don't want to spend any more than I have to. I'd spend maybe less than $50. I don't have that much money. I'm still in school and my dad probably won't pay for a new HD for my computer. Plus I'm cheap.

[grumpyBB]

Heck, for $50 you can get a 40g easily, just watch the newspaper ads.

[deeder7001]

I didn't think about the newspaper. I was thinking more about Best Buy and Circuit City...... Thats a good idea. Thanks

[Spazz333]

Must suck to have broadband. If I leave the net downloading all day I might get 100 or 200 megs :P

[eleet-2k2]

Originally posted by deeder7001
Its a Western Digital Caviar 22100. Its a 2.1gb HD. I would need a new one soon anyways. I have about 300mb left.

I had that exact same drive, and it made the same sound before it died on me. Luckily, I knew it was going, so I backed up all my stuff.

Bacl up everything you need/want, and then get a new drive.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

I downloaded 14 gigs in a day once. Gotta love using 2 megabit downstream, running full speed for about 16 hours.

[bored154]

Originally posted by deeder7001
Its a 6 year old computer. Its a Dell Optiplex GX1 @400mhz. 128mb RAM. Its a good computer it just has a few bugs. How much is a good HD? I don't want to spend any more than I have to. I'd spend maybe less than $50. I don't have that much money. I'm still in school and my dad probably won't pay for a new HD for my computer. Plus I'm cheap.

KEEP IT(dont use it if you dont want to) in about 4 years its considered an "antique" to computer collectors, i read this in the news paper , get a whole lot of money for it.

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

Also, according to Pricewatch.com:

$297 - EIDE 320GB
$278 - EIDE 300GB
$169 - EIDE 250GB
$148 - EIDE 200GB
$131 - EIDE 180GB
$104 - EIDE 160GB
$76 - EIDE 120GB
$71 - EIDE 100GB
$56 - EIDE 80.0GB
$63 - EIDE 75.0GB
$47 - EIDE 60.0GB
$41 - EIDE 40.0GB
$38 - EIDE 30.0GB
$33 - EIDE 20.0GB

[dylman]

When it dies take it apart for fun. The magnets inside hard drives are great things to play with, and the platters are shiny. Oooo....

[Bilbo Baggins]

Shiny....