23 Nov
2002
23 Nov
'02
8:59 a.m.
I have a 60GB IBM hard drive (can't get at the
model number and don't
want to power down to do so right now).
Every once in a while I hear it make the most disconcerting noise. It
sounds like a <chirp> followed by a <ka-clunk> followed by another
<chirp>
and then another <ka-klunk>, all in the span of no more than 2 seconds.
It sounds as if its skipping a heartbeat or something. What the hell
is going on and how do I defibrilate it?
That sounds like possibly a "thermal recalibration". But I didn't think
that drives did that anymore.
Bill