Did I ever mention my new iBook arrived? We've bonded--it's sweet. However, the other day I heard a hard drive noise that like "beeeep BOM". Or a long sound followed by a shorter sound. It's very quiet right now--I have only heard it when not listening to music. But the worrisome part is that Brian's new PowerBook made the same sound earlier this year (although loud enough to split an ear drum). Eventually Apple had to replace the HD after he recorded the sound to convince the "Genius". Any thoughts, comments, hints or tips to make this stop aside from replacing the HD? (Which I doubt Apple would do unless the noise were LOUD).
Alternately, I need to back up the larger music collection residing on the new iBook's larger HD in case of failure or sudden iBook hospitalization. Anyone have some good tips/hints/freeware on keeping track of archived music files?
[Yes, Christopher, I guess I should have gone for the DVD burner.]
