[DKeithA]

I sometimes have a pathological fear of my PowerBook & MacBook Pro's hard drive dying, so this may just be me being hypersensitive. That said, I have noticed that I can feel the hard drive movements on my new MBP C2D 2.33 w/ 160 GB 5400-rpm hard disk. There are no odd sounds or behavior and everything looks ok via Disk Utility. My silly question is: For those who have this same hard drive, can you feel it moving/working too? It is kind of distracting. It my just be that I am feeling it because of the slimmer case (coming from a 1.67 PowerBook).

[solofx7]

my powerbook hard drive died and through a variety of issues, it took a while, but apple replaced my powerbook with a core2duo... i made sure that i got the 3 year warranty this time, but be wary of the hard drive,,, my died in stages... i now have a good backup plan...

[Madrag]

I have a powerbook titanium 500, and it's more than 5 years and I never had any problems with the HD.

could you tell us what stages where there in your powerBook's HD failure?
Maybe I've experienced one of those stages and don't know it...
(well, I think I would understand something is wrong if I did experience one of the stages, but still, I'm curious to know).

[DKeithA]

I guess I didn't explain myslef very well. I'm just wondering if when people use their MBP C2Ds with the 160 5400-rpm Hitachi drives (as I know many have), do they feel the hard drive working (i.e. movement)? I was just saying that on my last PowerBook I didn't feel the HD working like I do on my new MacBook Pro. I don't think my hard drive is failing a this point.

[VValdo]

If your drive supports S.M.A.R.T., you might wanna use the (free) SmartReporter

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[Mojo]

Five years is an extraordinary length of time when it comes to drives in portable computers. A lot of drives fail within three years, so keep that in mind when considering the cost of extended AppleCare.

[Madrag]

thanks for the warning, but my next move will be a macBook (pro)...
this powerbook will be kept in my mac HW "museum"

[wingdo]

Originally Posted by DKeithA 

I guess I didn't explain myslef very well. I'm just wondering if when people use their MBP C2Ds with the 160 5400-rpm Hitachi drives (as I know many have), do they feel the hard drive working (i.e. movement)? I was just saying that on my last PowerBook I didn't feel the HD working like I do on my new MacBook Pro. I don't think my hard drive is failing a this point.

A direct answer to your question. Yes, I can feel the "clicks", "movement" or whatever you want to call them on my 160GB drive.

[DKeithA]

Originally Posted by wingdo 

A direct answer to your question. Yes, I can feel the "clicks", "movement" or whatever you want to call them on my 160GB drive.

Thanks much - I appreciate the response.

[Castor Troy]

I wish Apple had made the hard drive of the PB/MBP easier to change out. Hopefully, there will enable this in the next big change they make.

[Big Mac]

Not likely to happen, Castor, not without a new, very different case design.

[slpdLoad]

I think you're being hypersensitive. I can feel/hear every single hard drive I have on my desk (up to 4 at a time with PowerBook and externals) spinning and clicking and making "seek" noises, and they're all fine. Obviously they're not extremely loud, but if I'm not listening to music I can hear them.

[romeosc]

You could change aPismo's hard drive in less than 3 minutes!