[Michael@Belgium]

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Originally Posted by Mauzen Why would anyone upgrade from win 7 to 8? Thats like upgrading XP to vista. As it seems win 8 doesnt support that drive for whatever reason, possibly bad generic drivers. Is it SATA or still IDE? Also try to find out the exact model, then check their homepage for any win 8 drivers. If there are none, you can also try the win 7 version.

Vista is the worst OS of Windows, not Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 :3 It's faster, better and more stable with more features.

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Originally Posted by Camacorn Upgrading to Windows 8 would not cause the drive to behave erratically and start making funny sounds. Are you sure this isn't just a hardware issue?

I should be a hardware issue. Sofware can't damage hardware ...