[Techtalk] periodic loud hard drive noise

[Valerie David]

Mine used to meow like a cat...then it died. I was able to get the
data off it when it wheezed to life briefly, though.

Kind of miss that meowing, though.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> hey all,
>
> anyone have any clues what would cause a hard drive to suddenly go nuts? This
> happens 4-5 times per day that I know of, sometimes during idle times,
> sometimes not. For about half a minute it works at top speed, making the
> classic hard drive working-hard-grinding noise. Then it stops. top doesn't
> show any crazy processes. There are two drives, so I don't even know which
> one it is.
>
> thanks!
>
> Carla