Re: [NTLK] [OT] 2.5" Disk Drives

From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Sat Jan 04 2003 - 14:01:23 EST


Yes
Pray the bearings dont fail before you get a new one & back up your
existing stuff to it

The only time I've ever heard an HD make that kind of noise the
bearings were failing

On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 11:13 AM, Chris Ruprecht wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> sorry to rudely ask a totally off topic question, please respond to
> me=20=
>
> off-list, but I thought that this pretty knowledgeable FORUM ;-) has=20
> the answer to my question:
>
> I have a PowerBook Hard Drive (2.5", 12 GB, IBM Travelstar) which is=20
> making an awful lot of whining noise. It's otherwise working ok, the=20
> noise level is just extremely annoying, specially when everything
> else=20=
>
> around you is pretty quiet. Is these anything I can do to stop that=20
> noise?

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