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Re: Laptop HD ticking...

Subject: Re: Laptop HD ticking...
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:17:22 +0100
Newsgroups: uk.comp.homebuilt

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:36:13 +0100, "R D S" <rsandr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>...like a timebomb?
>
>My laptop HD is ticking, all the time, it sounds very much like a clock.
>I guess this is a bad sign, is death imminent?

Yep. Get your backups done now.

>If so recommendations for a good reliable drive would be appreciated. 
>Nothing massive needed, anything 40+ would be OK.

Don't think of less than 80gig, since they're only a couple of quid
more than a 40gig.

I've not had any laptop harddrives fail for years, mostly Fujitsu with
the occasional Samsung.

        Cheers - Jaimie
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