The other night I noticed my hard drive was acting *really* slow, things wouldn't run at all, windows didn't want to load. I was figuring I had a virus or something so I virus-scanned, nothing. Weird. So I turn it off and back on, now it won't go in to windows. Not good.
Just about then I turn it off and back on. The hard drive makes this unearthly noise -- kind of a squealing-scraping-metallic sound. Ick. That can't be good. So, i turn it off.......pull hte hard drive, something's rattling. Uh-oh. Well, I figure its already broken, so it can't break much worse. I smack the hard drive, put it back in, and turn the laptop on. It starts squealing, so i hit the corner of the laptop and it works fine. It's been working fine for almost a day now -- now i'm worried.
Do i trust the drive or not? Has anybody else had a problem like this with the Toshiba 5400 rpm 40 GB drive? I would just break down and buy another HD, but im not in the situation of having money to throw around, so I can't exactly do that. Anybody else have any information on things like this happening?
Just about then I turn it off and back on. The hard drive makes this unearthly noise -- kind of a squealing-scraping-metallic sound. Ick. That can't be good. So, i turn it off.......pull hte hard drive, something's rattling. Uh-oh. Well, I figure its already broken, so it can't break much worse. I smack the hard drive, put it back in, and turn the laptop on. It starts squealing, so i hit the corner of the laptop and it works fine. It's been working fine for almost a day now -- now i'm worried.
Do i trust the drive or not? Has anybody else had a problem like this with the Toshiba 5400 rpm 40 GB drive? I would just break down and buy another HD, but im not in the situation of having money to throw around, so I can't exactly do that. Anybody else have any information on things like this happening?
I second what G-Omaha said. Good luck!
