Anyone else get wierd noise from hd when running XP??

[Cisco Kid]

I have XP Corp installed on my desktop as well as my IBM laptop. In both cases after installing it I get a weird grinding noise (sounds like that) when system boots up. This happens on my laptop as well, but it did not happen on either system when I was running 98se on desktop and 2000 Pro on laptop.

I uninstalled XP on both systems and voila the sound disappeared, soon as I upgraded both systems to XP pro again the sound has come back. I see no performance problems, just wondering why/and trying to figure where this sound is being emitted from. My guess is it has something to do with XP accessing data on the hd upon boot up. Never had anything like this before. I do not think it has anything to do with the quality of the desktop hd, cause it is a new 60 gig ata100 7200 rpm Maxtor drive and the laptop is an IBM i1412 celery 366 with 256 mb ram and a 4.8 gb hard drive.

Anyone had this problem and figure out how to solve, I am wondering if the XP software patches when released at Microsoft may address this issue, and I am guessing others have had this occur as well.

Thanks
Cisco Kid:(

[stenchhunt]

I have noticed a whirring noise, thought it was one of my fans, but now you mention it, it has only started since I installed xp pro.....

anyone else

(it also severely messes up my b/band)

only get half the download speeds


going back to 98SE today, as much as I like the features xp has

it is a bit to inconsistent for my h/ware and uses

[Cisco Kid]

I know others have heard wehat I am talking about so I bumped this to hopefully get some feedback.....

I do love XP though....:D

Cisco Kid

[Smizack]

Wierd... I haven't noticed any more noise than when I use 98 or when I was running ME.