Is it dying?

[azab350]

I think my secondary HDD is dying, this morning i told it to unzip some files to get some files out, and it started clicking whilst it was doing it, it completed, and said the files were allready there, so i said yeah, overwrite, the it said it again, i said no, it kept doing this untill i canceled it, then it stopped clicking, so, is this dying or not, as its got ~160Gb of Data, pics music, etc on it

 

[Monkeynut]

BACK IT UP NOW.

 

[azab350]

it dead?

 

[Monkeynut]

It sounds like it's on it's way out. Get all the data you can off it. What brand of HDD is it?

 

[azab350]

Seagae te barracuda 7200.11 i think

 

[Monkeynut]

They are supposed to be reliable, but you should back the data up. Get all your important stuff off it ASAP.

 

[azab350]

how long have i got, as i dont get paid for another 3 weeks, and no money now, and no room on main hdd

 

[Monkeynut]

No-one knows. You could maybe back some up to DVD?

 

[azab350]

thinking of getting a 1Tb HDD, but copying 110Gb over would take years on XP Pro SP3 correct?

 

[edscdk]

depends on the file sizes a lot of small files will take longer than a few big files... there are so many variables its hard to say how long.. if by years you mean a few hours then you are probably right..

If there is no where you can copy your data id remove the power connector from the drive until I had a backup option, if its on its way out it could pack up totally at any time..

 

[Monkeynut]

thinking of getting a 1Tb HDD, but copying 110Gb over would take years on XP Pro SP3 correct?

Is it your boot drive? If so, do you have a spare you could use in the meantime?

 

[azab350]

its my data drive, all my documents, music, vids, everything, and no room on main/boot/OS and no spare, thinking of a Samsung Spinpoint F1 1Tb??