My once silent hard drive now very noisy

[merlinn]

I have a 2.6 MBP with a Hitachi 7200 200 GB hard drive. The computer is about 7 months old. In the last week the drive has gone from virtually silent to very loud, a varying ticking or clicking sound. How concerned should I be?? I have my data backed up on time capsule.

Merlnn

 

[richard.mac]

symptoms of a dying hard drive. back up everything immediately to be safe. then if it dies you can install a new 2.5" SATA hard drive and restore your backup!

 

[merlinn]

My mac life has been trying... I bought a MBP when the new model was released in Feb, in 2 weeks dead hard drive... 2 months later, more issues and Apple replaced my MBP with a new one...

I am still under warranty, do I have any choice in what drive it is replaced with?? Is this a common experience, I have not had these types of problems pre mac.. do not want to go back to pc.. but please Apple

I will get to my time capsule in a few hours, back up again, then off to the Apple store.. Lucky the store is 100 yards from my office and they know me quite well.. 2 Imacs, MB, MBP etc this year.. All the other equipment have been trouble free, only the MBP has been a problem.. you would think the "consumer" models would have had the problems, not the "pro" model..

Merlinn

 

[richard.mac]

ask them to do diagnostics on the Mac and not just the hard drive. there may be a problem with your MBP. you too could try the Apple Hardware Test by starting up into the first install DVD holding D.