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I own 2 Seagate Barracude 7200 RPM 500 GB hard drives. Recently whenever I open certain partitions or save something from the Internet, there is a brief pause and I can hear a hard drive spin and then the computer responds normally. Also when it is very quiet I can frequently hear the platter 'grinding' for like 0.2 seconds. How to fix? Should I be worried? I would prefer repair to buying a new HDD.
 
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First, do you have all of your data backed up?

You should D/L, install and run Seagate's "SeaTools for Windows" http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ This will tell you much more than a cryptic Smart Test.

Unusual HDD noises are ALWAYS a cause for serious concern!

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First, do you have all of your data backed up?

You should D/L, install and run Seagate's "SeaTools for Windows" http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ This will tell you much more than a cryptic Smart Test.

Unusual HDD noises are ALWAYS a cause for serious concern!

Yogi
 
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