computer error msg.

Sounds fucked if you can excuse the tech speak.

Definitely hardware related if noisy. Have you done any physical upgrades to it? Sounds like something isn't mounted right if you're getting a noise or your hard drive is faulty. Is the noise coming from inside the box or from a dvd/rom drive?

You described hard drive failure. It's the sound of your hard drive scraping, so when you reboot it goes to a scan disk or chk dsk and most likely hangs on step 3.

Bad hard drive

IBM Deskstar

is it an older laptop?

maybe there is a fan that needs replacing....

I only hear the noise in the speakers. no real upgrades in the past two years. But i am curious if it is related to Mcaffee's major update as this problem started right after that (it seems). Can't really find any info on it tho.

Last Edited by NotinKansasAnymore on 06/19/2010 03:09 PM

disable automatic upstarts

That scraping noise sound is your hard drive going 'bye-bye'. While you might be able to run your system a few more times, the hard drive will seize up and cease to work sooner than later.

Take it to the Good Guys or best by (just the computer tower) and have them open it up and attempt to start it, they will know the sound and they will tell you if getting a new Hard Drive for it is possible (or even practical given how computers get out dated so fast).

Also, it may still be possible to get the data off the drive now. however if you keep trying to start it up you may mess it up beyond repair.

I have two hard drives that are completely useless waiting for data extraction methods to improve and lessen in cost.

your hard drive crashed, it happens. unfortunately though, its toast and you'll have to get a new one.

oil of oregano

Mine was doing this and it turned out that I needed a new power supply.

Colloid silver would work better.

thanks to all responders!
ps. love colloidal silver!!