howdy all-- my Western Digital drive (external) is making funny beeping noises and sometimes not showing up in finder, although it normally will show itself after a reboot of the computer system.
I'm going to back it up tonight, but does anybody have any tips or had this experience before?
thanks for you help :)
-n
They might also have a diagnostic utility that you can run on the disk to see what's up. I know Seagate has one that you can use, but I'm not sure if it's for all makes.
what you're hearing from the hd is most likely the mechanism failing, hd's dont beep or have beep codes. They can however make strange noises when the stylus or spindle is going bad
BTW, WD and Maxtor make (imo) notoriously bad hd's, I would get a Seagate when you replace it.
what you're hearing from the hd is most likely the mechanism failing, hd's dont beep or have beep codes. They can however make strange noises when the stylus or spindle is going bad
BTW, WD and Maxtor make (imo) notoriously bad hd's, I would get a Seagate when you replace it.
I have a seagate and it's held up for years on end! I'm backing up everything that is on it right now (on Discs), so that I can "erase/restore" it so that it can be used with my Mac, as it was originally used for a PC.
ETA: Reformat HD. That's the word I was looking for... REFORMAT. Too early in the morning. Geesh.
