Hi, Or.
I noticed you saying to All:
OB> My hard disk is starting to make strange noises. It sounds like
OB> its reading, heavily, for 1 second and then pause for 2. and then
OB> read again.. it happenes everywhere: DOS (with and without cache, any
OB> cache), Linux (on and off X11), and Windows. So I dont think its
OB> related. Its doing it even when not being accessed. Problems ahead?
Probably.
OTOH, a while ago I thought I was having a similar problem -- serious
grinding noise from my HD, thought it was time to buy a new HD.
Turned out it was something stuck in my power supply fan. Cleaned that
out, no more noise.
So are you sure the noise is the hard drive, not something else?
Alas, I -do- need to buy a new hard drive anyway, because (1) it's too
small, and (2) it's too old and beginning to fail in spots. But the
noise was something else entirely.
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