RE; just my opinion, all drives will fail, all should take advance precautions, some drives give warning and some just none at all,and haveing a good second drive can really help in diagnosing a problem..so watch for sales as opprtunities arise so that you know in advance your backup actually works like mine did not! %$$^$# and yes it is funny until it was me""' cause I thought it only happened to PC's best wishes On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 12:56 PM, jimsmac wrote: > I just got through the same problem with Apple support and they > suggested > every possible except the hard drive was making the noise. > Finally they replaced the hard drive under Applecare and the noise > disappeared. > > Jim >