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My Inspiron 8200's 30 gig hdd is starting to produce a high pitch whine ocassionally.

Time to replace it?

Probably so. Whines usually mean a bearing with a flat spot catching . This only gets worse until one day it locks up.

Thanks.

I'm looking at the Seagate Momentus 5400 series 100 gig.

Found one for $175 with a $30 rebate on Buy.com.

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Well here's another 160 with a proven track record also by seagate. only 2 people really had a problem.

Another One

I don't know why you say the seagtes aren't good right now. they are the only ones with most of the drives 5 egg (star) WD and Maxtor were all 4 egg. I tell ya though those old seagate medalists last ages, I have two 8 year old ones that I still use for storage or use in a tower but not now that i have two 20 gig WD ones. one that I can use for linux in the Compaq and one i can use as the gateway's drive. Those medalists are still runnin fine though.

it seems that there is a lot of crappy drives comin out of all the manufacturers. I heard shortly after I bought my Maxtor that there was a mess of bad 120 and 160 SATA drives. Mine is a 160 but lucky me it is IDE. Usually you just buy it and hope it works. Sometimes you get a sour product. it's like my 120mm case fan by Thermaltake. The LED's never worked but the fan spins fine and does it's job. That ain't discouraging me from buying more thermal take stuff. Heck I might just buy another Maxtor HDD for my next system if I can get a good deal. That's actually how I booght the one i did. It was CHEAP compared to WD.

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I've had a whiny drive that's lasted well over three years now, also a Seagate.

It seems to get louder some days more than others, but I use it for non important stuff just in case anyways.

Just saying this as it's not Always a sign of a failing drive when they whine, it can simply be a product of the speed of drives these days, and the relative temp & humidity that makes it sound louder than usual.

Of course tho, when it gets REALLY whiny or has a bit of a scratchy type of whine, then you can count the days this drive has left in it.

Still...better safe than sorry, so a new drive never hurts.

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ok here we go a Seagate.

Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 100GB 2.5" HDD

$165 No rebate

I saw that. Buy.com's price is better after the rebate though. Plus free shipping.

That IS the HDD I'm think of getting.

But I need a battery too. :( So I'm also think of maybe a new laptop altogeher.

I don't know.

Life is so difficult. :lol:

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I've had a whiny drive that's lasted well over three years now, also a Seagate.

It seems to get louder some days more than others, but I use it for non important stuff just in case anyways.

Just saying this as it's not Always a sign of a failing drive when they whine, it can simply be a product of the speed of drives these days, and the relative temp & humidity that makes it sound louder than usual.

Of course tho, when it gets REALLY whiny or has a bit of a scratchy type of whine, then you can count the days this drive has left in it.

Still...better safe than sorry, so a new drive never hurts.

I read pretty much the same thing after doing some "whining" research.

It seems to act up only when there is a lot of CPU activity going on.

Today it's been quiet.

Still I'm backing up all my important porn,,,,uh, I mean documents. :o

Joe

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Actually WD hasn't been as good the past couple of years compared to seagate. I'll check my local computer store and check their prices on laptop drives.

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Don't buy that 5400RPM drive, when you can get a 7200RPM drivet that is much faster for alittle more money. Go Western Digital if you can, they tend to be more stable.

There are too many heat issues with a laptop and a 7200 rpm HDD.

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