My HDD is making funny noises.. is it going to crash?

[TheGizmo]

I don't hear any clicking.. but it sounds sort of like its power cycling off and back on every so often. Is it gonna die or is this normal? Time to do some data backuping.

Edit: woops I put this in the wrong forum.. sorry.

 

[FoBoT]

yes, failure is imminent

 

[thescreensavers]

BACK UP NOW!!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Back up anyways.

 

[TwiceOver]

Short Answer: Yes!
Long Answer: Wrong Forum asshat, don't you blah blah blah post count blah register date.

 

[Pepsi90919]

make sure HDD power saving isn't set to 1 min or something

 

[TheGizmo]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
make sure HDD power saving isn't set to 1 min or something

set for never :-/ backing up 200gb on DVD sucks