Firefox and Harddrive Clicks
Ever since updating to v. 50.0, I've been getting a whole lot more harddrive clicks than usual. It's usually said that sometimes this is the result of a harddrive about to go bad, but this only happens deep into a Firefox session, so I'm not sure it's related to a bad harddrive. Anyone else having these problems? My setting is to have Firefox to erase data after a session, so it's not like I'm getting a whole bunch of stuff accumulating. Are there any other settings that could be causing this?
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How long from when Firefox starts does the problem begin?
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).
Is the problem still there?
How to use the Check Disk tool | Windows Vista, 7, 8 and ... http://www.wintuts.com/Check-Disk
To be honest, I can only guess. Probably at least an hour before I hear it.
I'll do it again, but I've ran check disk and scan disk a few times.
CheckDisk can only check for errors on the disk, a good first start. To check the drive itself, you will need a diagnostic program that checks the drive, not the disk. I would also suggest getting your hard drive backed up JIC.
I'm not 100% sure this is the case, because these things have a way of cropping back up. But, it seems one of my extensions - Classic Theme Restorer - was out-of-date and when I updated it it seems to have solved this. Would it be possible for an extension to effect my harddrive like that?
I don't know, so keep an eye out for a few days. Let us know what happens.