kenner
02-17-2007, 07:14 PM
The system is running WINXP PRO with a 160G Seagate ATA 100 HD. Lately, when opening or closing some programs (games, word, photo), there is a disturbing grinding sound. It doesn't do it all the time but enough to be a concern. It will also make this sound when closing programs. Only once did I hear the drive continue to cycle up, down, up down, etec until I shut down the pc. It hasn't done that since. I checked for spyware and viruses but nothing is apparent. Should I replace the drive while it is still working and my data is accessible?