>> It never >> made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when >> miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. > > In my experience, the rate of change of hard drive access volume is > inversely proportional with the drive's lifetime. The faster it gets > louder, the sooner it's going to die. > > Time to start planning for replacement. > > Oh, and you're utilizing SMART, right?
Should I be doing more than running this test: smartctl -t long /dev/sda ? - Grant
