My hard drive sounds like a 747 taking off. Once it's all booted up, it works fine. Should I be concerned. (This has been h

[savon19]

Very noisy hard drive when starting.

 

[DragonChase]

How old is the hard drive?? was this sound present sinds the beginning?.

If you know what type you have let me know.

Old HDD's are very very noisy lol, i have a quiet one now fortunatly at normal 7200 rpm speed.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

That's fairly normal - your hard drive is accelerating rapidly to high speeds. That takes a fair bit of power and force.

 

[womble]

My two hard drives make a bit of of a sweeping noise as it takes a second to spin up to 7200. My dvd burner usually is noisier.

 

[RobCrezz]

Very noisy hard drive when starting.

can you record a clip?

If its really noisy, and it wasnt previously, then yes failure could be imminent. I have heard HDDs failing like this when the bearings or motor are dieing.