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What is happening to my MacBook
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<blockquote data-quote="MacNewbie" data-source="post: 673987" data-attributes="member: 23576"><p><strong>[PLAIN]My MacBook is making this noise [Video Included] Normal????[/PLAIN]</strong></p><p></p><p>So i am trying to run Disk Warrior to save my computer....</p><p></p><p>its been running overnight and im up to "speed reduced by disk malfunction: 1,129" (yes at one point it was only at 1)</p><p></p><p>i googled the issue and found this reassuring news:</p><p></p><p><em>"As long as the mouse cursor still moves during step 5, then the computer</em></p><p><em>did not hang or freeze. DiskWarrior is still working on reading the</em></p><p><em>directory of the disk.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The "speed reduced by disk malfunction" message indicates that there is</em></p><p><em>a communication problem with this hard drive. Such slowdowns are</em></p><p><em>usually the result of having bad blocks on the media. DiskWarrior is</em></p><p><em>having trouble reading data from the locations on disk where the</em></p><p><em>directory structures are stored.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>While the application is running, you should see the number of errors</em></p><p><em>increase in the counter, just to the right of the message. The number</em></p><p><em>may not increase at a steady rate as not all of the blocks will be bad.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>To recover the data from this drive, please let DiskWarrior continue to</em></p><p><em>run. This can take quite a few hours but should eventually complete.</em></p><p><em>On rare occasions, it might even be necessary to run this for a day or two."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p></p><p>HOWEVER!....while its running i keep hearing this spinning noise pattern occur in my harddrive ...</p><p></p><p>please watch this video to hear the noise... (is this abnormal?)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-r6BX4iJ58" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-r6BX4iJ58</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>here is what DiskWarrior tech support told me:</p><p></p><p>"If the drive is making highly unusual noises, you may need to stop</p><p>DiskWarrior and send the drive to a data recovery service. For more</p><p>information on this issue, visit:</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.drivesavers.com/solutions/recovery-tips.html" target="_blank">http://www.drivesavers.com/solutions/recovery-tips.html</a></p><p></p><p>If the noises are normal disk access noises, continue with the rebuild"</p><p></p><p></p><p>i clicked on the drivesavers link and none of the noises listed on that site match with what the sound my computer is making....</p><p></p><p></p><p>so my question is this</p><p></p><p></p><p>1.) does anyone have experience with diskwarrior having the speed reduced by disk malfunction error?</p><p></p><p>2.) does the noise my computer making indicate anything???</p><p></p><p>3.) some background info: when i start up the desktop it takes about 10 min to get to the login screen and another 10 for it to load the desktop wallpaper...another 40 or so to load programs on the dock....while this is happening i hear the same noise in this youtube video:</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-r6BX4iJ58" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-r6BX4iJ58</a></p><p></p><p>ive tried using firewire to connect my macbook pro to another macbook to get the info off of my harddrive and i can see the folders in the harddrive </p><p>but whenever i try to extract them the thing freezes..</p><p></p><p></p><p>SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacNewbie, post: 673987, member: 23576"] [b][PLAIN]My MacBook is making this noise [Video Included] Normal????[/PLAIN][/b] So i am trying to run Disk Warrior to save my computer.... its been running overnight and im up to "speed reduced by disk malfunction: 1,129" (yes at one point it was only at 1) i googled the issue and found this reassuring news: [I]"As long as the mouse cursor still moves during step 5, then the computer did not hang or freeze. DiskWarrior is still working on reading the directory of the disk. The "speed reduced by disk malfunction" message indicates that there is a communication problem with this hard drive. Such slowdowns are usually the result of having bad blocks on the media. DiskWarrior is having trouble reading data from the locations on disk where the directory structures are stored. While the application is running, you should see the number of errors increase in the counter, just to the right of the message. The number may not increase at a steady rate as not all of the blocks will be bad. To recover the data from this drive, please let DiskWarrior continue to run. This can take quite a few hours but should eventually complete. On rare occasions, it might even be necessary to run this for a day or two." [/I] HOWEVER!....while its running i keep hearing this spinning noise pattern occur in my harddrive ... please watch this video to hear the noise... (is this abnormal?) [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-r6BX4iJ58[/URL] here is what DiskWarrior tech support told me: "If the drive is making highly unusual noises, you may need to stop DiskWarrior and send the drive to a data recovery service. For more information on this issue, visit: [URL]http://www.drivesavers.com/solutions/recovery-tips.html[/URL] If the noises are normal disk access noises, continue with the rebuild" i clicked on the drivesavers link and none of the noises listed on that site match with what the sound my computer is making.... so my question is this 1.) does anyone have experience with diskwarrior having the speed reduced by disk malfunction error? 2.) does the noise my computer making indicate anything??? 3.) some background info: when i start up the desktop it takes about 10 min to get to the login screen and another 10 for it to load the desktop wallpaper...another 40 or so to load programs on the dock....while this is happening i hear the same noise in this youtube video: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-r6BX4iJ58[/URL] ive tried using firewire to connect my macbook pro to another macbook to get the info off of my harddrive and i can see the folders in the harddrive but whenever i try to extract them the thing freezes.. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!! [/QUOTE]
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