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Mick wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> Recently I noticed that an old drive is clicking 3 or 4 times when it is |
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> powered up. Thereafter is stays quiet. I think it is a mechanical fault, |
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> because I placed the box on its side and the drive did not click when booting |
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> up. |
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> I ran smartctl short/long/conveyance tests and no errors are reported. |
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> In your experience is this something to concern myself with? There is not |
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> business critical data on the drive at present. |
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I have found that if SMART reports a error, it is good to replace it as |
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soon as you can. When a drive makes a noise that isn't normal, that's |
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also a sign that you need to replace it. If you google around for that |
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model of drive, you may can find where others have had the same and they |
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shed some light on what happened, it died, it ran for ages and is normal |
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or something else. |
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Right now, backups would be a good idea. Doing some drive shopping |
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would to unless google turns up something that says it is nothing to |
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worry about, doubtful tho. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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