Possible causes for a rattling hard drive
- Close to liegendster reason: your hard drive is defective. Often it is a broken read/Write head. But don't panic! A little hope is still that it is a different Problem:
- Your computer is overloaded and the memory is crowded. In this case, the Computer uses space on the hard drive (virtual memory). Now, when you run, continue commands, it can lead to the unpleasant noise.
- Your hard disk is crowded and/ or the files are scattered "fragmented", i.e. to the hard disk. This leads to the fact that the Computer takes longer to access files and, under certain circumstances, the hard disk rattle can.
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What you can do about the Rattle
- You back up so fast it takes for your data by creating a Backup. At best, they reflect their hard drive completely. Because the hard disk is actually defective, you can customize every Moment of the service, and then also common data recovery can help Tools.
- In the case of a strong scattering of your files on your hard disk, helps a defragmentation. This function is already integrated in Windows. However, you need a minimum of 15 percent free space.
- Your memory should come quickly to its limits and often on the hard disk to access, and helps quite possibly an extension of your memory. As you make your options to optimize memory, we will show you in this practical tip.
- Should these tips, the Rattle does not fix, you should replace the HDDafter the data in a Backup, have backed up.
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