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Before I start: there is obviously no denying that I'm a no-lifer. I spend all of my free time doing things on my computer and there are no non-computer activities that I find interesting. So it's probably obvious that my computer is extremely important to me.
And now it seems that I'm getting paranoid.
Every time I launch my computer, I fear that something wrong is going to happen, like a long "beeep" and my computer not launching because something inside it just broke. I listen to how it works and I keep telling myself "this is NOT the way it should sound... or is it?". Every time I happen to hear something that I find even remotely suspicious, I instantly take off my headphones and start listening, only to learn that my computer isn't making any unusual noises and it was simply just ANOTHER sound from the outside. Whenever I smell something that makes me think of something burning, I instantly go "OH MY GOD MY PC IS BURNING" and go check the temperature of the components, only to see that there is nothing out of ordinary in there and the source of the scent must be completely different.
On occasion, completely randomly, my computer makes a rhythmic "tok tok" sound, as if something inside it was bumping the case. I have no freaking idea what it is, and it drives me nuts, because every time I hear it, I go on full alert, expecting something very wrong to happen any moment, only to see that computer continues to work normally, with no parts of it going into dangerous temperatures or anything. I can never expect when it's going to occur; sometimes it happens just once during a regular full day session, sometimes I can go days without hearing it, and a few days ago it kept happening with very short delays (below a minute sometimes); when it happened, I was on the verge of my nerves, being all like "OHNOMYPCISGOINGTODIEPLEASEHELPMYPCISDYINGOHGODOHGODPLEASENO". I turned it off, cleaned the fan from dust, and then it seemed to work just fine. Yet I still heard that "tok tok" once the same day... and it was the last time I heard it so far.
Any ideas what it was? Or any other suggestions? (Other than "get a life" of course.)
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There are ways to check a hard drive for errors: Link
This shows a list of hard drive testing utilities you can use:Link It is best to use the utility that coincides with your hard drive manufacturer. Windows' utility also works though.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Yanoda
Do you know where I can check how drives are divided into partitions in Windows? I did this once long ago with someone else's help, but now I have no clue where it is, and I would like to check if the partition that had this error isn't a part of the drive that also has C. And if it ISN'T the same drive, then will I be able to still run the PC, or at least there will be no need to reinstall everything?
One way or another, I'm making backups now.
FAST.
As long as the drive that has the OS installed is fine, the PC should run without a problem. You may notice data/file loss on files/folders though if it persists on the defect drive. This would be the best scenario, since one can easily back up the data without the need to make a clean install before it gets worse.
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Yanoda
Opening "Disk management" should give you all the information:
For Windows 7 (Vista is similar):
Go to Control Panel ----> System & Security ---->
Administrative Tools ----> Computer Management (double click) ---->
Disk Management. Give it a minute or two to get all the information.
It should show all the connected drives, their partitions, and information of the partitions.
Cheers
Yanoda
It seems that C is on a separate drive, so hopefully everything will be fine in that regard.
Just to be perfectly sure, a death of non-OS drive will not affect my computer in any way other than loosing access to files and programs stored on that drive?
Quote:"Just to be perfectly sure, a death of non-OS drive will not affect my computer in any way other than loosing access to files and programs stored on that drive?"
Exactly.
Cheers
Yanoda
Just returning the kindness.
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Yanoda
Wouldn't happen to be a western digital drive, would it? I know that some HDD's don't have the best life spans compared to other brands.