Harddrive ticking

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seneca · #1 Post by **seneca** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:25 am

Hi

My boss's T60p has a harddrive that periodically ticks, he gets really annoyed about it. Is it a defective drive or can I do some settings to make it go away?

christopher_wolf · #2 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:33 am

Run a disk checker utility on it as well as the SMART utility and/or PC Doctor, see if they pick anything up. If they do, then give IBM/Lenovo a quick call and they should send out another HDD.

#3 Post by **RonS** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:19 am

Boot into Safe Mode and see if it ticks there. If not, it may be a programming running that seeks the hard drive in a particular way that makes a tick.

Ponch · #4 Post by **Ponch** » Wed May 10, 2006 4:29 am

Or way mor simple: It is a Hitachi, right?

christopher_wolf · #5 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Wed May 10, 2006 5:19 pm

Ponch wrote:Or way mor simple: It is a Hitachi, right?

If so, you can use the Hitachi Drive Tool to tweak it; although, I have never had any problems with all my Hitachi HDDs.

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