On Wed, 5 Sep 2012, Hollandia at
ccountry.net wrote:
The drive under consideration is, I think, doing the
same thing. It
periodically makes a noise that sounds like an impact. This noise is
being encountered with increasing frequency; I wonder if the the drive
is headed for a failure. I have other drives I can put in its place, if
need be.
I wouldn't trust a drive that is making unusual noises.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death#Hard_disk_drives
http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php