Hard Drive Noises

GeneraznXz · 02-08-2008, 01:37 PM

Hello Guys,

Recently I formatted my hard drive and installed windows xp. I was on vista but i couldn't play this game on vista so I went back with xp till that bug is fixed. I install XP got all updates, internet security and everything. Then i installed the game and installed skype. Whenever I am in the game and click on skype my computer restarts. I tried reinstalling both program and it still does the same. Then a friend said maybe it is a windows error so I formatted again. After I did the above again it started restarting on me as i do the same process. Sometimes when I restart my hard drive is making scratching noises. Does that mean the problem is coming from my hard drive and I should do warranty asap. Please let me know. Thank you.

dznutz · 02-08-2008, 02:26 PM

out of curiosity how old and what brand hd is it?

try going to the manufacturer's website and use their diagnostic tools. they may even have downloadable .wav files on hard drive failure sounds [hitachi]

Vizy93 · 02-08-2008, 04:03 PM

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02-08-2008, 01:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
GeneraznXz Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 95	Hard Drive Noises Hello Guys, Recently I formatted my hard drive and installed windows xp. I was on vista but i couldn't play this game on vista so I went back with xp till that bug is fixed. I install XP got all updates, internet security and everything. Then i installed the game and installed skype. Whenever I am in the game and click on skype my computer restarts. I tried reinstalling both program and it still does the same. Then a friend said maybe it is a windows error so I formatted again. After I did the above again it started restarting on me as i do the same process. Sometimes when I restart my hard drive is making scratching noises. Does that mean the problem is coming from my hard drive and I should do warranty asap. Please let me know. Thank you.

02-08-2008, 02:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 28 Posts: 613	out of curiosity how old and what brand hd is it? try going to the manufacturer's website and use their diagnostic tools. they may even have downloadable .wav files on hard drive failure sounds [hitachi] __________________ ANTEC 900 OCZ STEALTHXTREAM 500W MSI NEO-F p35 INTEL E4500 ASUS ATI HD3450 2gb OCZ SLI RAM SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit

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