Killing me softly.

[Marcin Wichary]

     I have what might seem a strange problem. Apologies in advance as 
this is not a Mac-related issue, but this is the only notebook list I 
am on, and the question is rather platform independent anyway.

I have a Nec notebook which is almost a year old. Three days ago, its 
hard disk started making high pitch squeeky noises, as well as loud, 
intermittent clicks. I could confirm that these were HDD-related, as 
they appeared when entering certain directories, creating serious 
response delays.

As far as I know, this means that some bad sectors are on their way and 
the hard disk is gonna die rather sooner than later. After a reboot I 
was not able to reproduce the problem, though. I checked the disk 
surface and formatted parts of it, but now it works like a charm. 
However, I am now rather wary of using the notebook; I don't want the 
hard disk to die just in the middle of doing something important.

My questions are:
- am I right in assuming that this is a serious problem and a disaster 
waiting to happen soon?
- if so, what can I do for the problem to resurface? this is my 
secondary notebook, and it came with my job, so it is not crucial for 
me at this moment... and I'd rather have it repaired/replaced now than 
later (especially as it's already 10 months old and the warranty will 
probably expire soon)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
     Marcin Wichary
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