hard drive problem

[Shinta]

im currently running a samsung 40gb 7200rpm.. for some reason it just started happening .. everytime i click a file thats on my computer.. my hard drive makes a weird sound like a scraping sort of sound.. not sure

[Jimstep]

That doesn't sound good. You may want to backup all the files you want to save and perform a low level format to see if there are any bad sectors.

[Shinta]

i actually tried shutting down and booting up about 20ins later and the problem was gone.. weird huh?

but do you think i should still back up my files and format?

[rangeral]

Yes if you have a burner then I would backup important files it could happen again and just quit on you period. Backup first and go to the hd's site and d/l their diagnostic utility see what it reports they all have one.

[Shinta]

cant i try the utility before backing up the files? or is it just better to do it asap?

[rangeral]

Backup first, experiment later.