Hard Drive Qustion

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If i put an old hard drive in my computer with a newer one. The old one is
set a slave and im just useing it to store extra stuff on it. The question
that i have is: When i put the old one in the system got a little louder
when the windows is loading, but goes quiet when i login. Will the older
hard drive catch on fire if i leave it in or should i just get a new one!
 
loran said:
If i put an old hard drive in my computer with a newer one. The old one is
set a slave and im just useing it to store extra stuff on it. The question
that i have is: When i put the old one in the system got a little louder
when the windows is loading, but goes quiet when i login. Will the older
hard drive catch on fire if i leave it in or should i just get a new one!
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Stress less my friend! Depending on how old the drive is, you'll
probably find it's just very tired and cranky, so when it gets accessed
during boot time it's a little grumpy at being woken up. Once we get to
the user login screen, it's been allowed to resume it's slumber.

Some old hard drives were simply pretty loud but I would avoid using it
for important files 'just in case'.

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