Harddisk constantly locks up? (1 Viewer)

[zenger69]

My hard disk constantly locks up, like there's a beep, then the hdd LED light goes on and everything on the screen freezes.
It's stops for about 3 seconds, then it's alrite again.

It does it about every 2 minutes and it's really starting to piss me off.

Does anyone know how I could fix the problem and whether this is a sign of harddisk failure? So i can quickly backup all the music I have.

Thanks

 

[AsyLum]

What model of hard drive is it?

Usually, if you can hear a sound, then thats a sign its dying. Best backup the data, and prepare for the worst.

I know the IBM ones used to die after a few years, where it'd just overheat. Others the actual physical disk might have been damaged.

 

[fatmuscle]

time to run those tests...
or if ur manufacturer gave you diagnositc tests, use those

 

[redslert]

i think it's more because you have some kind of software seeking the harddrive and taking priority over all your other processes

 

[zenger69]

I've got a Seagate Barracuda 120gb.

Sata with Raid 0 setup

 

[AsyLum]

Perhaps post a hijackthis scan log on here and lets eliminate software problems.

 

[zenger69]

I don't think it's been hijacked and the problem mysteriously stopped.

So yeh. Thank you all for your help.

If anymore problems, I'll just send it back to the place I bought it. Also I backed up all my data on DVD's. So yeh all good.

Thanks

 

[MedNez]

I've got a Seagate Barracuda 120gb.

Sata with Raid 0 setup

:|

Sounds like my drive. Same model & setup. Mine was doing a similar thing, and then it died. Worked after a day of having it off, then completely died. I'd suggest you back up immediately everything vital, just in case.

 

[zenger69]

Well everything vital is backed up.

Except It'd be hard for me trying to prove it to the computer shop i bough it from.

Thats the only problem.

 

[MedNez]

I took mine back, they did diagnostics for a few days and said it was fine. Took it home, a few days later it started making these "whirrrrrr... click" noises and jamming the computer when it did so, then the computer froze. Goodbye 160gb

I misread your post too, sorry. Mine was a 160gb drive, not 120.