very noisey harddrive

do alot of maucis and video editing work....recently my hard drive is making alot of noise on the simplyest of task like zooming in on a piece of audio or video clip.... it kinda of the sound that my old pc used to make when i was running it to the max.... have been looking into it and they say that over 10.4... which i have that you dont need to freg as it does automatical

really reallly would love some help...

thanks in advance

What movie editing software do you use?

I use FinaL Cut Pro, Motion, Shake and Aperture (sound editing) and mine definitely doesn't make those sounds. To be honest, something's wrong if it makes noises on zooming in.

Make sure that all other programs/applications are closed when using "heavy" video editing software like Final Cut. If you are using iMovie, it really shouldn't be making that sound in the slightest.

Regards.

final cut express....cubase

i use final cut and cubase....not at the same time thou.... it just happened in last few weeks.... ran istat and all is running fine... its as i say as if its doing loads of work when its not.

is there any checks i can do....have about 100gb left of hd space so it not that either...

I know that you can do an Apple Hardware Test in Leopard by holding down the 'D' key when starting up. But I'm not sure whether this is available in Tiger. Give it a try!

Regards.

If your HDD is making weird sounds. I would say back up your stuff just to be on the safe side.

Mr Macintosh said:

I know that you can do an Apple Hardware Test in Leopard by holding down the 'D' key when starting up. But I'm not sure whether this is available in Tiger. Give it a try!

Regards.

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You need to have the OS X System Disc 1 inserted too.

thanks for replys

thanks for taking time to reply think backup is a very good idea just incase....