Q: Anyways I was doing some work on my hard disk suddently start making this weird humming sound in a series of buzzez and then stop as if it could not load data. So then, all my programs started crashing (when the hardrive is still making strange noises) and I turn off my computer decide. I turn it back on 1 min later and cannot get it to load Windows XP and the hardrive back sounds. So I decided to try again and same thing happens. I turn the computer off for about 10 minutes and go back and will start, but now im thinking that maybe my hardrive is corrupted or soemthing, and during the work if the boot (before loading Win XP), when he says that detecting ide drives, labels now my hard disk as a number (any serial number? I think mine road, as soemthing ERR34-34 390), that is my question. Im not sure if they favor, I thought the label as its name: IBM 60GXP 60gig and am wondering if anyone an IBM 60GXP drive can verify that in fact the DOS labels hardrive as a serial number and not as a name
another thing that concerns me is that I tried to scan the hardrive (the one that removes bad sectors and your restart) and it was only after trying to do, I got a message that said windows has shut down to prevent damage your system.
I heard the 60GXP problems earlier, this may be the same problem?
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Re:After backing up the data you can try downloading SiSoft Sandra and telling it to run the HDD benchmark for an hour or 2, if the drive is about to die that will probably push it over the edge. Chances are IBM won't let you RMA it if its still working.
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Re:that happened to my hardrive a couple of months ago.
later on that drive went bye bye….
it sounds like your hardrive might go soon. I suggest you back up your important data…. fast. After you back up your data, try doing a virus scan. I don't know if viruses do that to a hardisk but it can't hurt to scan. Do it after you back up your data, in case the scanning overloads the HD (maybe temperature wise)
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Re:i did both the quick and advanced test and i got 0×00
that means its normal? or whats going on?
can i still get IBM to RMA this for me even if it shows up with a normal code?
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Re:go to ibm's website and download their hdd diagnostic utility, see what it has to say and let us know
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Re:Sounds like the drive is going. Sometime a drive makes some noise as it readjusts to the thermal temperatures inside. Is it clicking at all or just humming? If programs started crashing and if it didn't load on restart then something is definitely wrong with the drive. Do you have another drive you can use a master and use the IBM drive as a slave? If so, I'd do that immediately and start copying any important files you may have on there to the other drive before you can't use the drive at all. How old is the drive?
As for the BIOS showing your drive as a serial number: if it didn't do that before, then I would expect it to be the cause of 1 of 2 problems:
1. The cable is not on right or is loose. That has happened to me.
2. Most likely though it is caused by a failing drive. Probably the controller chip could be causing that.
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