Computer fell off desk

dan_plus_o · 06-08-2008, 07:31 AM

Hello, so the other day my doorbell rang and I quickly got out of my chair causing it to spin around really fast and the chair hit my computer and knocked it on the floor (about 3 foot drop). Now I have noticed that when my hard drive is working hard it sometimes makes a chirping sound. When playing FEAR it will sometimes chirp every second and then stop when I pause the game.So I am assuming that the hard drive didn't take the impact of the fall too well and is on its way out. So basically I am wanting to get a new hard drive and transfer everything over before my current drive dies and I lose all my data. I was wondering what the best way to do this is.. Are there ways to make an exact copy of one hard drive and put it on another one? Or should I just reinstall windows from scratch and then hook up my current drive as secondary to transfer the files over to the new drive?

Also, is there anything else that could stop working over time due to the impact of the fall? Everything seems to be working fine now (Except for HDD Chriping) but I am a little worried that something else might be effected and could cause more damage in the future if left alone. So is there anything else you think could be effected due to the impact of the fall? Only other damage I could find is one of the front fans in my Antec 900 case has a broken fan blade (The fan is actually the one that is blowing air on the hard drive so it appears that area (top front) toke most of the impact).

cohen · 06-08-2008, 07:42 AM

A Chirping sound could be the hard drive spinning,

there are programs around that do clone hard drives.... i'm not sure which ones are good or the names of them are so i'll let someone else do that.

hackapelite · 06-08-2008, 09:08 AM

Get a USB flash drive or something and back up all your most important data NOW! The HDD may die on you any moment, before you even get a chance to make a clone of it... b-up your mission critical stuff right now while you still can (if you can, that is...)

imsati · 06-08-2008, 09:12 AM

'Chirp' or 'Click'?

Chirp is, well...??? Click = bad...very very bad.

In the spirit of 100% protection, I'd back up all your important files to CD/DVD *now* (stop reading and do it!) just to play it safe in case your chirps are actually clicks.

<--Up way too late for his own good

Quick69GTO · 06-08-2008, 06:39 PM

Yep. As everyone said, backup, move, or burn your important data now.
As far as the new hard drive is concerned, the best way, is to start over by doing a clean install of Windows. You can, however, use Acronis True Image to copy the contents of the old drive to the new drive. Hopefully the old drive will hang on long enough to do it.

spikebuck77 · 06-09-2008, 04:47 PM

Don't wait, backup now!

cohen · 06-09-2008, 11:37 PM

Now all we have to do is wait for the hard drive to die....

hackapelite · 06-09-2008, 11:43 PM

Assuming that this "chirping" isn't just the sound made by the movement of the arm...

dan_plus_o · 06-10-2008, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hackapelite

Assuming that this "chirping" isn't just the sound made by the movement of the arm...

Well it only started making the noise after the computer fell off the desk.

cohen · 06-10-2008, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan_plus_o

Well it only started making the noise after the computer fell off the desk.

Then something happened due to the impact.

06-08-2008, 07:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
dan_plus_o Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada BC Age: 21 Posts: 90	Computer fell off desk - Hard drive Chriping Hello, so the other day my doorbell rang and I quickly got out of my chair causing it to spin around really fast and the chair hit my computer and knocked it on the floor (about 3 foot drop). Now I have noticed that when my hard drive is working hard it sometimes makes a chirping sound. When playing FEAR it will sometimes chirp every second and then stop when I pause the game.So I am assuming that the hard drive didn't take the impact of the fall too well and is on its way out. So basically I am wanting to get a new hard drive and transfer everything over before my current drive dies and I lose all my data. I was wondering what the best way to do this is.. Are there ways to make an exact copy of one hard drive and put it on another one? Or should I just reinstall windows from scratch and then hook up my current drive as secondary to transfer the files over to the new drive? Also, is there anything else that could stop working over time due to the impact of the fall? Everything seems to be working fine now (Except for HDD Chriping) but I am a little worried that something else might be effected and could cause more damage in the future if left alone. So is there anything else you think could be effected due to the impact of the fall? Only other damage I could find is one of the front fans in my Antec 900 case has a broken fan blade (The fan is actually the one that is blowing air on the hard drive so it appears that area (top front) toke most of the impact). __________________ Case: Antec 900 Mobo: EVGA 680i (TR Version) CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 GPU: EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS Superclocked 640MB RAM: 4x1GB Patriot Extreme Performance (800MHz) PSU: Corsair 620HX Last edited by dan_plus_o; 06-08-2008 at 07:39 AM.

06-08-2008, 07:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 15 Posts: 8,361	A Chirping sound could be the hard drive spinning, there are programs around that do clone hard drives.... i'm not sure which ones are good or the names of them are so i'll let someone else do that. __________________ Cohen

06-08-2008, 09:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
hackapelite VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Kangarooland Age: 18 Posts: 2,540	Get a USB flash drive or something and back up all your most important data NOW! The HDD may die on you any moment, before you even get a chance to make a clone of it... b-up your mission critical stuff right now while you still can (if you can, that is...) __________________ Teh Shiznizzel, yo! Runs Ubuntu Linux 9.04* (next up: Gentoo)* AMD Phenom 8450 X3 @2.1GHz ASRock AOD790GX/128M (SB750) ATI Radeon HD3300 IGP 128MB Shared memory 2x2GB AMICROE DDR2-800 6-6-6-18 500GB Samsung + 320GB Seagate Barracuda 380Watt CoolerMaster PSU LG "SuperMulti" DVD Writer Generic MIDI Tower I'm a VIP and thereore immune in teh interwebz!

06-08-2008, 09:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
imsati VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: EHT, NJ Posts: 3,094	'Chirp' or 'Click'? Chirp is, well...??? Click = bad...very very bad. In the spirit of 100% protection, I'd back up all your important files to CD/DVD now (stop reading and do it!) just to play it safe in case your chirps are actually clicks. <--Up way too late for his own good __________________ --Jay Creepy Lurker Guy

06-09-2008, 04:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
spikebuck77 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 60	Don't wait, backup now! __________________ PerformanceComputerParts

06-08-2008, 06:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Quick69GTO Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 204	Yep. As everyone said, backup, move, or burn your important data now. As far as the new hard drive is concerned, the best way, is to start over by doing a clean install of Windows. You can, however, use Acronis True Image to copy the contents of the old drive to the new drive. Hopefully the old drive will hang on long enough to do it.

06-09-2008, 11:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 15 Posts: 8,361	Now all we have to do is wait for the hard drive to die.... __________________ Cohen

06-09-2008, 11:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
hackapelite VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne, Kangarooland Age: 18 Posts: 2,540	Assuming that this "chirping" isn't just the sound made by the movement of the arm... __________________ Teh Shiznizzel, yo! Runs Ubuntu Linux 9.04* (next up: Gentoo)* AMD Phenom 8450 X3 @2.1GHz ASRock AOD790GX/128M (SB750) ATI Radeon HD3300 IGP 128MB Shared memory 2x2GB AMICROE DDR2-800 6-6-6-18 500GB Samsung + 320GB Seagate Barracuda 380Watt CoolerMaster PSU LG "SuperMulti" DVD Writer Generic MIDI Tower I'm a VIP and thereore immune in teh interwebz!

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