From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:10:55 EDT
there is a utility that will monitor the HDD for errors or impending doom..
its calles EZSmart and there is a link to it on my web site..
FWIW, the 20gig in my X20 is seeking all the time (mostly) and i can NOT
find the reason..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Tunnah" <c.tunnah_at_btinternet.com>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: TP 600 HDD Noise
> The HDD on my TP600 PII300 has started to make an odd metalic type noise
> every 40 or 50 seconds. The only time this noise happened before was a
split
> second before the machine switched off. I have run a diagnostic program
> called filemon that looks at background activity in windows and the noise
> seems to coincide with the HDD accessing MSGSRV32. The problem seemed to
> coincide with when I updated the modem to the latest version of V90.
>
> I have reformatted the HDD, reinstalled W98 and all drivers, updated the
> bios and even removed and re-inserted the drive and the problem still
> persists, although the machine is working fine I am concerned this noise
may
> be indicative of a problem with the HDD. I have run the IBM HDD fitness
> test and all the bios test programs with no problems showing up.
> Would anyone have an idea what is causing this?
> Thanks
> Colin
>
>
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