Hard drive overheating problem
Just lately my screen will lock up and the hdd light will stay on. A reboot usually fixes this until the next time which went on for a day or two then stopped. But now a few weeks later its happening again. I suspected a hdd on its way out and today it happened again but even a few reboots wouldnt fix the problem. As soon as it booted to XP it would lock up again.
I removed the hdd and noticed it was very hot. It does sit directly above another hdd and below the floppy drive.
I plugged it back in whilst it was out of the pc and it worked and is still working several hours later.
So obviously the problem was caused by the hdd getting too hot. My question is should I continue to use this drive but make sure its installed where it cant get too hot? (I could remove the floppy as I dont use it anyway and put the hdd in its place.) or would the damage perhaps already be done and its only a matter of time before this drive gives up altogether??
