Notebook Hard Drives

[clayton]

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Would a 4200RPM harddrive be quieter than a 5400RPM? I ask this question
because I upgraded a Toshiba notebook from a 20GB 4200RPM to a 40GB 5400RPM
drive and noticed it was nosier than the old one, it would just make a
strange 2 second noise every 30 seconds or so and had it replaced twice to
be told that's how they are, I mentioned the older drive didn't make these
noises.

 

[bar]

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Yes and No.

All depends on the manufacturer.

Generally the better the brand the quieter the drive.

"Clayton" wrote:

> Would a 4200RPM harddrive be quieter than a 5400RPM? I ask this question
> because I upgraded a Toshiba notebook from a 20GB 4200RPM to a 40GB 5400RPM
> drive and noticed it was nosier than the old one, it would just make a
> strange 2 second noise every 30 seconds or so and had it replaced twice to
> be told that's how they are, I mentioned the older drive didn't make these
> noises.
>
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi, some laptop HD's actually 'park the head' to conserve power, maybe
that's the click you are hearing....
ChrisC
"BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes and No.
>
> All depends on the manufacturer.
>
> Generally the better the brand the quieter the drive.
>
> "Clayton" wrote:
>
>> Would a 4200RPM harddrive be quieter than a 5400RPM? I ask this question
>> because I upgraded a Toshiba notebook from a 20GB 4200RPM to a 40GB
>> 5400RPM
>> drive and noticed it was nosier than the old one, it would just make a
>> strange 2 second noise every 30 seconds or so and had it replaced twice
>> to
>> be told that's how they are, I mentioned the older drive didn't make
>> these
>> noises.
>>
>>
>>
>>

 

[clayton]

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Maybe it is, what's a good hard drive?

"Chris Catt" <cuke2u(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uc%23eJFGOFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi, some laptop HD's actually 'park the head' to conserve power, maybe
> that's the click you are hearing....
> ChrisC
> "BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A1D7DB76-DC03-42C7-866C-470349EBCCBA@microsoft.com...
>> Yes and No.
>>
>> All depends on the manufacturer.
>>
>> Generally the better the brand the quieter the drive.
>>
>> "Clayton" wrote:
>>
>>> Would a 4200RPM harddrive be quieter than a 5400RPM? I ask this question
>>> because I upgraded a Toshiba notebook from a 20GB 4200RPM to a 40GB
>>> 5400RPM
>>> drive and noticed it was nosier than the old one, it would just make a
>>> strange 2 second noise every 30 seconds or so and had it replaced twice
>>> to
>>> be told that's how they are, I mentioned the older drive didn't make
>>> these
>>> noises.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>