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Windows 7 - HELP is my hard drive dying? |
06-17-2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
HELP is my hard drive dying? I have a samsung r530 that is 1 ish almost years old. Says its Processor Intel Core i3 330E @ 2133MHz with 4gig MB of RAM.
I am hearing a clicking noise, sounds like a an old fashion cash register, like pages turning... click click, AND it has just started to stay "hung up" when i opened a webpage like it is working real hard! These are new things happening, I think the noise was always like that, but it was one quick click noise before.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung r530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel Corei3 330 @ 2133 Motherboard SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R530/R730/P590 Memory 4096MB (2 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM ) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 310M Sound Card Realtek High Definition Hard Drives Western Digital WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 (320GB) |
06-17-2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Sounds like the beginning of the end.
I'd copy all critical files, particularly personal data, to some other drive or disc. Sooner rather than later.
Then I would run the hard drive manufacturer's disk utility application to see if it turns up any errors. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
06-17-2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
ok ignatzatsonic like you sad i will copy important files to an extern harddisk i have somewhere
2 i have downloaded wd data lifeguard its scanning right now i will let you now the rsults after its done scanning | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung r530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel Corei3 330 @ 2133 Motherboard SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R530/R730/P590 Memory 4096MB (2 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM ) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 310M Sound Card Realtek High Definition Hard Drives Western Digital WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 (320GB) |
06-18-2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
western digital life guard has finished scanning it sad that it found bad sectors that could be repaired ok i clicked repair the program frooze and it gave an error i dont no what to do rightnow shall i return to the storre i mean i have extended warranty on this thing | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung r530 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Intel Corei3 330 @ 2133 Motherboard SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R530/R730/P590 Memory 4096MB (2 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM ) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 310M Sound Card Realtek High Definition Hard Drives Western Digital WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0 (320GB) |
06-18-2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
I'd certainly try to return it to the store. If that fails, try to return it to the manufacturer directly. It all depends on your warranty situation.
Print out the results of your HD test if possible. They may want confirmation that it failed. See if the manufacturer has an 800 number you can call. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load HELP is my hard drive dying? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:00 AM. |  |