Problem with hard drive after installing it on vista!

fields999

fields999

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Hi

Recently i bought a 500gb internal hard drive to put in my computer, it already has one 500gb hdd.

I attached it all and its working fine apart from, sometimes it will make a weird scraping noise and im not sure why, it stops after a while. Its only new so i dont know if it will get worse or anything.

The thing is i tryed it in my old pc of windows vista 32bit, and its fine. But for some reason on this new pc it makes a scraping noise occasionally.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Is there something i need to install for it?


Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP / Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phemon 8650 2.3ghz X3
    Motherboard
    Nvidia nForce 720a
    Memory
    8GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" HP w2216v
    Screen Resolution
    1680 - 1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500gb - Seagate 500gb - Western Digital 1TB
    PSU
    Cooler Master 600w
    Case
    HP
    Cooling
    3x 120mm 1x 90mm 1x 80mm Fans
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Explorer Mouse
    Internet Speed
    24mbit
it sounds defective. i would rma it. the noise you hear could be the read/write head coming in contact with the platters.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Aleinware Area-51
    CPU
    core 2 extreme x9000 2.8 Ghz
    Memory
    4 Gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    (2) Nvidia 8800m GTX in Sli
    Sound Card
    Onboard RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    42" JVC LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p 32 bit
    Hard Drives
    (2) seagate 7200rpm in RAID 0
    (1) maxtor external 1 terabyte firewire
    Case
    laptop
    Keyboard
    a really spiffy backlit one that i can change color ;>)
    Mouse
    logitech Anywhere Mouse and built-in touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Cable
Hmm well i reformatted the drive, as its an extra drive that didnt have any data on it yet. Then i used the windows check disk utility on it.

So far it hasnt made the grinding noise again and im hoping it wont. Not quite sure what was happening as its been fine for quite a while on my 32bit vista machine, then when i installed it on the 64bit vista i had the problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP / Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phemon 8650 2.3ghz X3
    Motherboard
    Nvidia nForce 720a
    Memory
    8GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" HP w2216v
    Screen Resolution
    1680 - 1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500gb - Seagate 500gb - Western Digital 1TB
    PSU
    Cooler Master 600w
    Case
    HP
    Cooling
    3x 120mm 1x 90mm 1x 80mm Fans
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Explorer Mouse
    Internet Speed
    24mbit
fields999 said:
Hmm well i reformatted the drive, as its an extra drive that didnt have any data on it yet. Then i used the windows check disk utility on it.

So far it hasnt made the grinding noise again and im hoping it wont. Not quite sure what was happening as its been fine for quite a while on my 32bit vista machine, then when i installed it on the 64bit vista i had the problem.
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I notice that you have 300w power supply, which for your spec is not high. Hard drive noise can be caused by an over stretched PSU.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core QX6700 4 X 2.66M
    Motherboard
    ASUS Striker II Extreme
    Memory
    4 GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E
    Sound Card
    SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 Flat screen 21" LG displays
    Hard Drives
    5 internal Hard Drives:
    2 x WD 500GB (CAVIAR BLACK 500GB 32MB 7200 SATA)
    3 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
    PSU
    Tagan TG 1100W TURBOJET QUAD SLI
    Case
    Thermaltake EUREKA Case - Black
    Cooling
    ASUS V60 Quiet with additional fans for H/drives
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 Gaming
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Internet Speed
    0.5 Mb - (Benefits of rural location!)
    Other Info
    Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
    Connected to 22TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
    (Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB & 4TB Terastations)
ok thanks, ive orderd a new 520-600w cooler master so that should be good for it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP / Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phemon 8650 2.3ghz X3
    Motherboard
    Nvidia nForce 720a
    Memory
    8GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" HP w2216v
    Screen Resolution
    1680 - 1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500gb - Seagate 500gb - Western Digital 1TB
    PSU
    Cooler Master 600w
    Case
    HP
    Cooling
    3x 120mm 1x 90mm 1x 80mm Fans
    Keyboard
    HP Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Explorer Mouse
    Internet Speed
    24mbit
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