[Lvlug] Hard Drive Noises

[dann s washko]

Michael Petersen wrote:
> I looked in /var/log/messages and nothing seemed out of order. I guess I 
> will expect the worst and backup any important files. Since its only an 
> annoyance and isnt effecting performance I am going to try and ride it out 
> till its dead.
> 

Yeah!  Go for it!  Backups be damned!  That sucker may give you years of 
  perfect performance.  You may have to take it out and slap it around a 
bit to get rid of the clicking.  If an open hand does not do it, give it 
a knuckle sandwich.

Seriously though, make those backups.  I speak from experience, twice in 
the last three months.

On a side note; we used to take out the hard drives on the older Apples 
(7500+ series) and smack them around when they would not boot.  This did 
the trick!



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