Hard Drive Scratches

[kiepie]

Hi all,

So I have a SAMSUNG 500GIG and started copying earlier today. But it scratches alot. Is this normal?

It's an external SATA. Any help?

 

[The_Techie]

Hi all,

So I have a SAMSUNG 500GIG and started copying earlier today. But it scratches alot. Is this normal?

It's an external SATA. Any help?

A noisy hard drive can be a warning of imminent failure... Is this a new hard drive?

 

[DarthCat]

Mine made noise and then scandisk showed that it have bad sectors

 

[The_Techie]

Try using Scandisk and/or SpinRite

 

[|tera|]

Try using Scandisk and/or SpinRite

Mine made noise and then scandisk showed that it have bad sectors

It's 2007 dudes, there's no more thing like scandisk

 

[The_Techie]

It's 2007 dudes, there's no more thing like scandisk

Well, chkdsk if you insist

 

[kiepie]

Thanks all, I will try chkdsk.

@ Beanie - The drive is 4 days old.

 

[xrapidx]

Some drives are just noisy...

 

[The_Techie]

Thanks all, I will try chkdsk.

@ Beanie - The drive is 4 days old.

Ouch... Well, as xrapidx said, some drives are just noisy. However, if it creates painful scratching sounds it's not a good sign...

But do a chkdsk just to be safe

 

[scotty777]

some times drives just break... and there's nothing you can do about it...

In fact most drive failures happen within the first 6 months... which is why you should always keep the warranty close

lol... it's most likely just searching for files and other crap... those big drives are noisy but you don't notice them when in your pc case

 

[kiepie]

Ouch... Well, as xrapidx said, some drives are just noisy. However, if it creates painful scratching sounds it's not a good sign...

But do a chkdsk just to be safe

Congrats on the Resident Techie, WKJ Beanie!

What is chkdsk? Where can I get it. There is nothing on downloads.com.

 

[kiepie]

some times drives just break... and there's nothing you can do about it...

In fact most drive failures happen within the first 6 months... which is why you should always keep the warranty close

lol... it's most likely just searching for files and other crap... those big drives are noisy but you don't notice them when in your pc case

Only noise it make is when I copy and paste. It sounds painful. It's an external drive.

 

[The_Techie]

Congrats on the Resident Techie, WKJ Beanie!

What is chkdsk? Where can I get it. There is nothing on downloads.com.

Thanks mate

It's the name of the built-in Windows function, previously called Scandisk. The command for it is chkdsk, so I'd rather call it that instead of Scandisk

Right-click on the drive -> Properties -> Tools -> Check Now -> Check both checkboxes and click Start. It will then be scheduled for the next time Windows starts