Potato2k4 Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 So today I go to open up firefox and see whats goin on in the eWorld. I click the icon and the hour glass comes up and goes away, with no firefox opening. I checked task manager, and ended the firefox.exe process, which caused my comp to make funny noises until a restart. This has happened twice, what could be the problem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 What kind of funny noises? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Potato2k4 Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 The disk is kind of spinning and clicking over and over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 a clicking hard disc is never good. That sounds like it is defective. Since this is new computer, I would talk to the place it was purchased from for warranty work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Potato2k4 Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 I don't think its that kind of click though, and it seems to have stopped for the time being so I'll see what happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tootsdog9 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 (edited) I don't know anything about your pc so I would say to be on the safe side and keep any important data backed up just in case. I would also say run a chkdsk and then a defrag in that order. It could help if files are badly fragmented on your drive. That clicking could just be the actuator arm going back and forth looking for the files that may be scattered. If you can run a SMART test on the drive, I would do so. If the drive didn't come with the SMART software then check out the manufacturers site for the diagnostic tool.If the chkdsk shows bad clusters you may want to replace the drive soon as they will grow in number and start causing problems. Edited February 6, 2007 by Tootsdog9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lefty1953 Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Have you rebooted? Might be a program you ran before Firefox that left something hanging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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