aimeeandbeatles
watermelon
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I have a 6L160P0 MAXTOR DiamondMax 10 160 GB, which is very noisy. No unusual noises, just the regular "grinding." I now know it's definitely not the click of death, especially since I witnessed a dying HDD in school. The HDD was clanking and computer freezing. It's about three years old, I think. At least the computer's from 2006.
I've come up with a few ideas:
1. I've been readng too much on failing HDDs and I'm just noticing it more.
2. Googling says that Maxtors tend to be noisy. At least they used to be. Don't know if my model is before or after Seagate got them.
3. The swap file is being used a lot.
4. A screw has come loose and the HDD is echoing inside the case.
5. It needs to be defragged.
6. It's getting old.
Any idea? I already switched the antivirus from once-a-day to once-a-week (I didn't really need it anyways, and I read antivirus is hard on the HDD.)
I've come up with a few ideas:
1. I've been readng too much on failing HDDs and I'm just noticing it more.
2. Googling says that Maxtors tend to be noisy. At least they used to be. Don't know if my model is before or after Seagate got them.
3. The swap file is being used a lot.
4. A screw has come loose and the HDD is echoing inside the case.
5. It needs to be defragged.
6. It's getting old.
Any idea? I already switched the antivirus from once-a-day to once-a-week (I didn't really need it anyways, and I read antivirus is hard on the HDD.)