My 2 year old iBook has started making a strange mechanical clicking and whirling sound. It only does it now and then. Is this a sign of the harddrive dying?
Is there anything I can do other than make sure all my data is backed up?
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My 2 year old iBook has started making a strange mechanical clicking and whirling sound. It only does it now and then. Is this a sign of the harddrive dying?
Is there anything I can do other than make sure all my data is backed up?
Don't suppose you have apple care do you?
If only !
oh i've got used to that!
i think my weird clicky and whirry sound is a slightly knackered CD drive that when i knock it, it wants to eject a CD that isnt there.
if it sounds hard drive based, make sure you back everything up and it may or may not fail soon,
then if it does just buy a new notebook hard drive and bung it in :p
Thanks for the advice.
If you change the HDD (and I've done it a few times on a 12" ibook G4 - it's PAINFUL) go to http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/ for a stripdown guide.
Mine's getting worse. The noise is louder and if freezes up when making the noise.
I have a feeling of impending doom !!!!
assuming it is my hard drive that is on the way out, where can i get my ibook repaired?
I live near Blackburn.
Thanks
I've just tried the disk repair utility and it came up with this.
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid key length
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Is that technical speak for my HD is shot at?
Any help appreciated.