Jesse2
join:2006-07-22
canada
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| Hard Drive/CD Drive starts spinning
Hey my uncle is having a problem with his computer. He says out of nowhere his CD Drive/Hard Drive will just start spinning randomly quite often. Im not sure what could be causing it, whether it be a virus, Norton(yes, he has this), or just something wrong with it?
Are there any hard drive tests i can run on it? I remember a while ago i ran one on mine, cant remember the name though...it had a ton of little blocks that were green if it was good and red if it was bad.
Any help? Thanks:) |
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Jesse2
join:2006-07-22
canada | Nevermind i found it
»www.hdtune.com/
Ill leave the thread here for people to look at. Unless a mod wants to delete it... |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | reply to Jesse2
If I were you, I'd tell your uncle to back everything up, the HD *could* be getting ready to die.
What OS? I remember reading something about HD thrashing happening on NEW Vista systems, but if he doesn't use Vista, that wouldn't apply. |
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Jesse2
join:2006-07-22
canada | Yeah he's going to be backing everything up(whatever is important, today it didnt sound like anything really was) and then he's brining it over here for my dad/me to reformat it. That will see if any problems are resolved. |
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