Hard disc is shutting down every 5 sec!!!

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tychoon

Discussion Starter · Nov 25, 2009

I have a big problem. My older PC is going nuts! The HDD is turning on/off every 5-10 sec but windows is still running. Freezes for a moment and then the HDD is shutting down again. Is the HDD dying or is there another troublemaker? I forgot something... maybe this will help. It starts to turning off as soon as i get to the windows boot screen... in the bios it wont turn off.

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dralb

· #2 · Nov 25, 2009

Sounds like the HDD is going or the windows OS install is corrupted. I would save all important data and reformat/reinstall.

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DuckieHo

· #3 · Nov 25, 2009

Does this happen in Safe Mode?

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tychoon

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 25, 2009

It happened with the XP, so i decided to change to 7 and there were no problems at all. And yesterday it started again. And yep it's annoying in safe mode to.

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Cyberbot

· #5 · Nov 25, 2009

Hm. Can you you run a CHKDSK? Since it happens on both XP and 7 I think it's the HDD that's dying. How old is the HDD?

Oh and btw, the reason that it doesn't happen in BIOS is because the BIOS is saved in the motherboard itself and not in the HDD

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tychoon

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 25, 2009

Found the solution. But i don't really know what it was. I changed the sata cabels with new ones and connected them properly! But the fact is the HDD is back! Thx for the help guys. Although i tried CHKDSK but it freezed and was rally slow because of the hdd.

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