on 7/11/01 10:04 AM, Bill Cheeseman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The noise consists of a set of three short sounds spanning, together, about
> one and a half seconds, with each of the three sounds being less than half a
> second in duration. Each individual sound reminds me of the sound of a drive
> head recalibrating, but not quite that. Each set of three sounds is followed
> by a pause of a second or more, then another set of the three sounds, then
> another pause, and so on, regular as clockwork. This pattern is very
> regular, and far too slow to have anything to do with the bearings, I would
> think. It happens only while trying to make a copy of the Messages file. The
> drive makes no untoward noises in any other circumstances.
What brand drive is that? Sounds like Western Digital, or, in rare
circumstances, an IBM failing, or about to.
The sounds seem to indicate that you have a bad area on the drive, or that
the head has a calibration problem on that area of the disk. Probably, a
total low-level format with locking out bad sectors might address that.
Still, a new drive is cheaper in the long run.
Harry
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