[Techtalk] periodic loud hard drive noise

[Kathryn Hogg]

Carla Schroder 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.

can you run iotop whilst its busy?

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