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Uploaded by on Aug 7, 2009

Hey Rodney,
i like your videos and i want to ask you smtg.Sometimes when i try to turn on my PC, i hear a strange noise from my hard drive and my os (which is WS XP) cant load.The sound is like mouse clicking.And my question is: is that sound a bad sign that my HDD has problems,or its from the high temps?
Are there any chances to loose
Apr.temp of the HDD - 37C*
Thank you in advance! ! !

Valentin from Europe/Bulgaria :)

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  • How is looking through a 60minute video for a 2minute answer more convenient then watching a 2minute video? :/

  • LOL all of the related videos are a bunch of random shit about animals! wtf does that have to do with hard drives??? Youtube epic fail!!!

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  • @kght222 in other words all self created data (stuff you make) should ben in 2 places at least at all times. when i say self created data i mean files that you yourself make, not the programs you use to make them, even if your such a dick that you download all your software you can pretty much allways download it again, but if you loose a big part of you're phd thesis that you were writing on a combo of word and power-point thats gonna be a bitch. getting the programs back would be the easy part

  • i'm guessing the person who asked this question asked because the sound that they were used to had changed. regardless of anything you should always have your self created data backed up, and if you loose that data on one source be sure to duplicate it somewhere. but a change in the sound of your drives over time is normal, but it does signal midlife for your hdd, and that means the drive might fail at any time, or become unreliable. but dont panic just make sure that you are keeping backups.

  • i got 3 seagate drives , they all make a little noise.

    not really loud clicking , just a noise that makes you know its busy.

    like a spinning wheel inside or a lens that changes possition.

    i bought the first seagate 3 years ago an external drive.

    i even dropped it a few times .

    IT NEVER CRASHES OR GETS BUSTED.

    unless thee noise is really loud and annoying , i wouldnt worry.

  • hasn't this guy heard of the hard drive acoustic management

    from loud to silence in a few clicks ¬.¬

  • seagate has a kick ass 500 gb hdd 2.5 for 80 bucks real affordable.

  • The best thing is the ad for the video. For some reason it gave me an ad for Hardee's facebook page?!

  • theres some sort of " thing " living inside the hardrive ,,, bring it to the scientist! fast !

  • umm theres only 2 there

  • lol

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