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HDD about to give-out?
The main computer which resides in the living room of my house seems to be having odd issues with the hard drive. It has been running non-stop for the 3 years we have had it (except for very few restarts and some shut-downs that lasted no more than a day).
The HDD has been revving up and gets loud when it does for 5 minutes straight, sometimes when it gets to revving up it loud-quiet-loud-quiet in 1 second intervals for 5 minutes as well.
Will it need to be replaced?
System specifications:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 / Ubuntu 10.04 (partion does not come up when booting)
HDD: 488GB Western Digital
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 90nm Technology
Motherboard: ASUSTek Computer Inc. NARRA2 (Socket AM2)
RAM: 3.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 312MHz (5-5-5-15)
Chipset/Graphics: E2350 Integrated @ 1280 x 960