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Old 30-October-04, 06:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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My hard drive has been acting up lately. It really loud and seems like its seek and read times are really slow now. This things making such a racket its giving me a headache. I have seagate 80gb sata drive,and I googled it to see if other people have had any problems with them. I read about some program for acoustic management or something. Do you guys have any idea where I can get something like this because I looked all over the place? Im planning on replacing this drive ina few months with two 80gb sata's in raid 0 but in the mean time I would like to quiet this baby down somehow and possibly give some more life. Any suggestions or ideas?
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Old 30-October-04, 06:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I dont know about that particular drive but if i were you id order those new drives sooner rather then later.
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Old 30-October-04, 09:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Bump: Any more ideas? Or does anyone know where to get this utility?
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Old 30-October-04, 09:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Let me make this clear; you are concerned because your hard drive is slow and that it makes too much noise. Is that the issue?

If noise is an issue, we have a review coming up that may assist with that.
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Old 30-October-04, 09:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Ya basically like 2 weeks ago it started making a loud racket everytime the drive is accesed. Now it seems to be getting considerably slower. And I have done some reasearch on this and there seems to be a tool that adjusts the acoustic mangement inside the drive, although I am yet to find it anywhere.
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Old 30-October-04, 09:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Ya basically like 2 weeks ago it started making a loud racket everytime the drive is accesed. Now it seems to be getting considerably slower. And I have done some reasearch on this and there seems to be a tool that adjusts the acoustic mangement inside the drive, although I am yet to find it anywhere.

sounds like a failing hard drive. back up all your information asap.
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Old 30-October-04, 09:58 PM   #7 (permalink)
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sounds like a failing hard drive. back up all your information asap.

I wish I could but just my music and other misc doqwnloads would fill my other 20gb drive. I hope it wil last another 2 weeks or so till I get those new drives.
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