Diagnosis? Dying HD?
Possibly the worst noise that you can expect to hear as a user of a computer: a HD in the process of kicking the bucket. Listen to this…
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My gut feeling is a HD on the way out but I tried each of them while it was still running and everything was as quick as ever (I think). I restarted and took the side of the case off but there’s no noise anymore…
Odd…