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lem
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At least that is what it sounds like. Every 1-3 minutes it makes this horrible churning sound 1-3 times. [Frown]

hmmm 10 minutes left before everything is backed up on my external drive.

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Boris
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Sounds like it's turned itself into a floppy disk. Congratulations.
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Speed
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Yowch! At least it gave you some warning, though.
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andi330
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quote:
Originally posted by Boris:
Sounds like it's turned itself into a floppy disk. Congratulations.

Yeah, but definitely one of those old 5 inch ones. The ones that truly were floppy.
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Rico
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MmMmMmMm butter... *drools*
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lem
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I fried my other Hard Drive drive. I think if I get a side of bread and a diet pepsi, I will not have to cook a late dinner tonight!

The problem, I am sure, is that my last drive died. I put in in right next to my new drive, and I think it overheated. I never took it out, and so I think this one overheated too. I will get a 300GB drive, and only have one. I will also get a HardDrive cooler...which might be better then a diet pepsi!!

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If you've only got one hard drive, you probably won't need a cooler. I'd try to find a comparison of the load temperatures of different drives. I have a Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive, and it's very cool and quiet.
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You know, I'm running out of butter. I could use some if you want to churn me up some.
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