Wierd noise from HDD

[Daewood]

My WD 120 gig drive randomly starts to shut off then spin up again multiple times then it'll not do it for maybe even hours but during the time it's doing this I can't access it. I haven't had read/write errors or corrupted data... Is it salvagable (I bought a 320gig just in case) for another computer? or is the drive a goner and it's just a matter of time?

[shellshock]

yes, she is eating dust. I would be getting all the stuff off it before it goes all the way.

is it the IDE one by any chance? if so, its probally the same hard drive i have. lol

[Radical]

It sounds like it's starting to die, so I would play it safe and backup anything of importance on that drive.

[PWatterson]

Yeah, I would say it is definitely starting to die. Get that data off as quick as you can. You never know when that thing will finally go once and for all.

[Daewood]

The problem is that I have no room anywhere else to put the data on it... it's the largest drive in the house.

Yeah it's the Ide one.

[SlntAgent]

unplug...until u get adrive that you can match it with..so it wont burn out before u can backup