Harddrive noise

i have bought new hard drive because my older one was damaged. it was making noise like beeping sometimes.
my new hard drive also makes same sometimes beeping and in my task manager sometimes it shows full 100% disk usage, mostaly when i turn on the laptop. sometimes the mouse touchpad and also the laptop freezes freqently.
hp 2000-2c25DX

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http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
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“Then I cam across this special Diganostics Mode that you can get to by resetting and then while the Apple is showing pressing the Select and backwards keys simultaneously. It bring up and weird Diagnostic utility witha a abunch of tests. Here is what I did
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http://www.kokopellimusic.us/KM_instructions.htm

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But after I upgraded the sound continued and it drives me nuts. I did already all resets (VRAM, PMU) but it is still there.
Other forums said it could be an interference with the soundcard and should be heard through headphones as well, but when I do so I can't hear anything through the headphones. It still comes from the computer case somewhere which is hard to locate since it is not very loud but still noticeable in a quiet environment. And still loud enough to bother me since I work without music.
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Hi,
my computer makes a strange noise - like a rumble sound (like a harddrive when it is writing / reading something). So I really thought it would be the harddrive and I did not pay to much attention to it since I wanted to upgrade it to a SSD anyway.
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Other forums said it could be an interference with the soundcard and should be heard through headphones as well, but when I do so I can't hear anything through the headphones. It still comes from the computer case somewhere which is hard to locate since it is not very loud but still noticeable in a quiet environment. And still loud enough to bother me since I work without music.
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Any more thoughts, BD, or anyone else? Thank you!!

Harddrive making noise..?

I have two HD on my macpro one is 750 gigs and the other is 250. When I write to the 750 gigs it makes like a clicking noise almost..is this normal?

Hello Javicbr,
Seems like all the Seagate high capacity drives make noise. Unfortunately, this is normal. When the heads are seeking, it almost sounds like microwaving a bag of popcorn (in the distance of course).
I have a 7200.9 500GB (stock) and two 7200.10 750GB. When video capturing, you can hear the drives "chattering" from the next room. I'm not thrilled with this and I may look for other alternatives.
Gary

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