My inspron 6000D makes a buzzing noise when its turn on. Is this a sign that the hard drive is about to crash?

Could be either the cooling fan or even your hard drive. I have had hard drives make this noise when they are just about to crash.

you need to replace your Hard Drive.

Either you broke the connector or crashed the head. You could crack the case open, buy a new empty enclosure and see if the drive will work in it. Otherwise if the head is crashed, replace the drive.

The ticking noise is not a good sign at all! Try plugging it into a different computer and hope that it works. You need to get the files off of it ASAP.

The tikking sound you speak of is the disks inside your hard drive hitting each other, also known as a hard drive crash. This is BAD news if it is. Your data will not be able to be recovered if it has crashed due to physical damage. Try to get your data off of it as soon as you can, that is, if you still can

Sorry for your loss

A hrad disk that makes noise is not a good sign. try the device on another PC. if its the same you might have a disk failuer or a disk that is on its way to crash. sorry

no its not exactly a HD failure u need to remove the keyboard and look if something is stucking in ur fan...there might be the possibility of dust in it and even a minute thing can damage a lot..
cheerrss...pls rate..

Hi,

There are Problem with your hard drive it has been crashed.so pls check with another hard drive if its working fine then pls calll vendor for the same.

If the noise is like a repetitive ticking or clicking. Well, the sorry to say that the hard drive had crashed... which makes the noise... And sorry to tell you that you cannot do anything but to buy another...

sorry... Fixya!!!

I would suggest you back up all your data as the hard drive appears to be failing. i presume you are certain it is coming from the hard drive and not a fan ?

FIRSTLY if you have warrenty use it if not use the following steps .Open up your computer DONT TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE , discharge yourself by touching an unpainted surface then proceed, turn on the pc Sound can vary one way that you can determine the source of noise is stoppping the fans whilst it is on one by one to determine the source.you can remove the cd /dvd from any optical drive (dvd cd drive) .And 2nd you could tell if the hard drive is crashing if you hear a reoccuring clicking sound or a whirr of which the hard drive is crashing.Depending on your manufacturer of hard drive download their hard drive diagnostics program and check for bad sectors if there is an increasing number of it occuring then your hard drive would definately be in trouble.Any sign of this vibration can be caused by vibration so try to keep all the screws tightened .