hard drive chirp

[RichD]

what does it mean when your hard disk starts to chirp?

[j-kid]

Re: hard drive chirp

It badly need some 10W30 motor oil! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[j-kid]

Re: hard drive chirp

I need more info., But if it is a high pitch chirp or squeak, the bearing could be going bad.

What does the chirp sound like, and exactly when do you hear it (constantly or only at certain times)? How old is the hard drive?

[RichD]

Re: hard drive chirp

ekmi gi yuh di whole story.

last night mi tun on di puta...as it a start up di drive jus chirp an it tek long lone fi boot..den when it finaly boot (bout 30 minutes) di drive jus a spin an a chirp..cyaan open any app.

i thinks it has a serious infection.

[j-kid]

Re: hard drive chirp

It sounds like it is at least getting onto the Windows operating system?

Do you get the same condition everytime you re-boot the PC?

[RichD]

Re: hard drive chirp

yes same thing...and even though windows starts im not abble to run anything..and the disk light is on constantly.

[j-kid]

Re: hard drive chirp

Go to:

Start > My Computer > Right Click "C" drive > Properties > Tools > Check Now > put check in both boxes > Start.

[RichD]

Re: hard drive chirp

[ QUOTE ]
Go to:

Start > My Computer > Right Click "C" drive > Properties > Tools > Check Now > put check in both boxes > Start.

[/ QUOTE ]ok when i go home ill try that....if it wont let me do that what can i try?

[j-kid]

Re: hard drive chirp

Boot from your boot floppy or boot CD and run repair option. If that noh wuk, yuh may haffi re-install the operating system from the original Windows disk.

[RichD]

Re: hard drive chirp

so mi run a check an scan both come up clean...the chirpin reduced but the machine tekin forever to boot and to open windows and the disk light almost constantly on.

the comp is about 2 month old....mi did a try avoid callin Dell support [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Rebycman]

Re: hard drive chirp

Take a look in your startup (both of them) and see what's loading and causing the constant usage.

1) Start > Programs > Startup (then delete anything you absolutely don't need on startup).

2) Start > Run > in the box type in msconfig and hit enter. Now check the startup tab (up top) and look through the startup items and uncheck anything that you don't need on startup. Note: You may want to do this several times and only check off a few items at a time to avoid problems.

-Reby

[Morpheous]

Re: hard drive chirp

[ QUOTE ]
Take a look in your startup (both of them) and see what's loading and causing the constant usage.

1) Start > Programs > Startup (then delete anything you absolutely don't need on startup).

2) Start > Run > in the box type in msconfig and hit enter. Now check the startup tab (up top) and look through the startup items and uncheck anything that you don't need on startup. Note: You may want to do this several times and only check off a few items at a time to avoid problems.

-Reby

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Before you do the above press the Alt, Ctrl and Delete keys at the same time once only to bring up Windows Task Manager.

Then Click on the Applications Tab to view how many applications you have running then...

Move over to the Processes Tab and view how many process are running - This tab will show you a list of processing currently running on your system, the CPU usage and the Memory usage of each process.

You can use the End Task button to end a running application or process that you are confident is not necessary. Look for files that are too large in size and the amount of processes you have running. Sounds like your DDR RAM is not sufficient. A comfortable minimum is 512KMb.

The Task Manager will give you a view of which processes are eating up too much resources on your computer. Then Follow Rebycman instruction to select the processes Task Manager reports are using too much resources that you can confidently do without.

[QK13]

Re: hard drive chirp

Mussi di hamster whe runnin pon di wheel. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70402-thinking.gif[/img]
Dem use a use squirrel, but all noh wid di new technology, erryting get small. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[RichD]

Re: hard drive chirp

the HD was bad..dem a sen out a new one.

[j-kid]

Re: hard drive chirp

Soh dem ah sen yuh wan wid di system already loaded pan ie, or yuh ahgoh haffi re-install from di original CD dem?