Run a disk optimizer utility like Norton Speed Tools or Alsoft DiskExpress.
Regards, Mark
On Friday, April 9, 2004, at 06:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 03:25 PM -0600 04/09/2004, Thomas Baker wrote:clicks and squeaks awhile it quiets back down and acts normal, and it shows
up on the desktop when it should. I just ran TechTool 3.0.3 on the drive
and it reports that all is well.
This drive hasn't acted flakey or anything in operation, but I sure don't
like all that clicking and squealing on startup. Is it trying to tell me
something? Anybody got any idea what's going on with it?
Altered mechanical behavior/sounds are rarely good. But it doesn't necessarily mean that the drive is getting ready to gak immediately.
Either way --- keep good backups.
- Dan.
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