Re: Frequent Head Unload Problem

[Gavin Cameron <gavin@gavsworld.net>]

Robert Hancock wrote:
> Gavin Cameron wrote:
>> What do you think? Just a knackered drive and nothing to do with 
>> libata at all?
> 
> Yeah, it's possible that what you're hearing isn't a head unload at all, 
> but some kind of abnormal recalibration noise, etc.

Hi again,

Just to follow up on this. I installed a new hard drive yesterday and 
magically this horrible sounding noise has stopped. So, it looks like 
the hard drive was doing that on it's own - as you say, perhaps a 
re-calibration cycle due to the excessive CRC errors.

Anyway, sorry for wild goose chase, but many, many thanks for pointing 
me down the path that made me discover that my /home partition didn't 
have long to live. I managed to transfer all data over sucessfully :-)

Best regards,
Gavin.