hard drive keeps spinnig up

hi i hope one of you guys can help out .every time i open my computer to access one of my hard drives the hard drive starts to spin up makes a drr drr
sound and everting works real slow it will not turn off from task manager i have to reboot with the reset button .any ideas anyone please

 

Sounds like she's starting to go!
How old is it? You might want to get the valuable files copied to another hard drive or cds...

 

cheers for the good news .is there a way of checking it out its about 2yrs old i think

 

Go to the manufacturer's website. There is probably a drive diagnostic utility listed there. Before you do anything though, back up your data as suggested earlier. Bazza
PS:
Do a google search on the make and model of your drive. This may turn up diagnostics, solutions, also. Baz
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thanx will check it out now

 

Have you enabled power saving mode for the device?
This can happen if the problem occurs only after some period of inactivity.