Hard Drive Problems?

Sheepdisease · 10-27-2008, 12:54 PM

Hello, I've just set up a RAID1 configuration using two 750GB Samsung F1 HDD's. Also on the scene is a third 750GB HDD which is currently redundant but will be used to create a backup of the other drives. On top of that I have a third HDD installed (1TB) for backing up everything.

Just to clarify: ALL OF THESE DRIVES ARE NEW

The problem is that I have started to notice my PC freezing up, whilst the hard drives start to seek. This can be whilst playing music, browsing the net, scanning for malware and so on. I accept that it may be because of a combination of all of the above at the same time, but the freeze time is around 4 seconds (surely this shouldn't be happening). When the drives start to spin they also make a noise, which is kind of clicky (as far as I have noticed they only make the clicky noise once).

What does everyone think?

**johnb35** · 10-27-2008, 10:19 PM

A clicking noise is will make your computer freeze. That noise represents a bad hard drive. Figure out which drive it is and replace it. Once you remove that drive and add the new one the raid array will automatically rebuild itself.

Sheepdisease · 10-27-2008, 10:25 PM

Hello, I also created this thread on a different forum and it [seemingly] is to do with the power management settings that were in effect. I changed from power saving to performance and so far I haven't had any problems since.

Thank you for your support.

10-27-2008, 12:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sheepdisease New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	Hard Drive Problems? Hello, I've just set up a RAID1 configuration using two 750GB Samsung F1 HDD's. Also on the scene is a third 750GB HDD which is currently redundant but will be used to create a backup of the other drives. On top of that I have a third HDD installed (1TB) for backing up everything. Just to clarify: ALL OF THESE DRIVES ARE NEW The problem is that I have started to notice my PC freezing up, whilst the hard drives start to seek. This can be whilst playing music, browsing the net, scanning for malware and so on. I accept that it may be because of a combination of all of the above at the same time, but the freeze time is around 4 seconds (surely this shouldn't be happening). When the drives start to spin they also make a noise, which is kind of clicky (as far as I have noticed they only make the clicky noise once). What does everyone think?

10-27-2008, 10:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,649	A clicking noise is will make your computer freeze. That noise represents a bad hard drive. Figure out which drive it is and replace it. Once you remove that drive and add the new one the raid array will automatically rebuild itself. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

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10-27-2008, 10:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sheepdisease New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	Hello, I also created this thread on a different forum and it [seemingly] is to do with the power management settings that were in effect. I changed from power saving to performance and so far I haven't had any problems since. Thank you for your support.