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Why does my computer do this every few days?

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sphetr2:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 01, 2006, 08:29:04 pm ---
It happens when his leg has been pressing up against the case for too long.

--- End quote ---

Yes, and then the fan starts spinning like crazy.  :D

RayB:

The drive is going bad. Also check that the IDE cable is very securely attached.

Back up any important data you don't want to lose.


fredster:

I had SCSI drive that did if it didn't reach a set RPM.  If it didn't hit that speed then it was not reading the drive.

It was screeching toward the end.  Poor thing.

Kevin Mullins:

I agree with what has already been mentioned a few times........ the hard-drive is on it's way out. Start shopping for a new one.

Backup all your data you don't want to lose.

Or slave in a new drive and copy stuff over before the old one dies for good.

It could last quite a long time, or it could come to a sudden stop and never work again.

fredster:

Is there any software or proceedure to say put an identical drive and just make an image on the other drive?

One that has the boot sector, etc on it?

I have two stock computers. Both are identical. Same hardware/software/etc.

If I have say a segate 80gb drive and it's dying, can I get a Maxtor drive (100 gb or the same size) and copy the first computer's drive to it so that I don't have to re-install the drivers?



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