I hear the dreaded click sound in my HD

Harkoliar · 07-25-2006, 10:06 AM

That means something is physically wrong with one of my Hard drive. I dont know if it will fail to the point. I do need suggestions because I have two HD (one just newly installed 200gig) and an old 80gig one. I cant determine which HD is producing the clicking noise. One clue I have gotten is when I recieved a blue screen of death saying there is something physically wrong with one of my HD but no clue which one.

IS there any program that can check the hard drives with physical errors besides check disk? So how do you do a DOS check disk?

Ziroc · 07-25-2006, 10:17 AM

right click in explorer on the drives, and choose to check the disk for errors. Reboot, and it'll do the test. Whichever either freezes while trying to check it, OR reports bad sectors is the bad drive.

(I had an 8-gig fail last week.)

BACK UP EVERYTHING you need before you check it. Checking it CAN make it fail for good.

Harkoliar · 07-25-2006, 10:30 AM

hmm... this is a big problem for me. I dont have space for my computer for a backup (especially if its my 200gig thats the problem.) hmmm.. wish me luck!

Kyrvias · 07-25-2006, 12:14 PM

I wish you luck!

Callum · 07-25-2006, 01:12 PM

Good luck!

shamrock_uk · 07-25-2006, 01:18 PM

Can you not just remove/unplug the power lead from one of the drives and listen for clicks afterwards?

If the 200GB drive is brand new then it's more likely to be that.

dominions · 07-25-2006, 01:44 PM

My advice?
Unplug (but do not removed!) the problem hard disc.
Buy another hard disc of similar size, put it on as the boot master and install windows and your motherbopard drivers.
Switch everything off, plug the old hard disc back in but as a slave (or secondary) hard disc. it will then appear as drive D, E or whatever. You can now copy your data from the old hard disc to the new one all the while putting minimum strain on the old one.

Obviously this means you need to buy another hard disc, but you will have to replace this one anyway.

Mike

dominions · 07-25-2006, 01:46 PM

BTW Ziroc is totally right about putting the drive through hard disc checker: it can very well hasten it's demise.

Harkoliar · 07-26-2006, 02:17 AM

thanks guys for the advice. I did a check disk and the hard drive of my 200gig doesnt seem to have any errors.

So by the process of elimination, my 80 gig may be the problem, I will do a check disk just to be sure. My 80 gig is partitioned into 40 gig each. Hopefully, I can determine which Hard drive is the problem.

Harkoliar · 07-26-2006, 09:03 AM

ok I did a scan disk but nothing came up with scanning all my drives.. Granted the clicking sound I hear.. happens once in awhile (meaning very random of not hearing after a couple of days) and that blue screen error happened twice over a span of 4 months.

I guess in a way Im glad for my computer to last abit longer to backup my files

07-25-2006, 10:06 AM	#1
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	That means something is physically wrong with one of my Hard drive. I dont know if it will fail to the point. I do need suggestions because I have two HD (one just newly installed 200gig) and an old 80gig one. I cant determine which HD is producing the clicking noise. One clue I have gotten is when I recieved a blue screen of death saying there is something physically wrong with one of my HD but no clue which one. IS there any program that can check the hard drives with physical errors besides check disk? So how do you do a DOS check disk? __________________ Catch me if you can..

07-25-2006, 10:17 AM	#2
Ziroc Ironworks Webmaster *Bow to the Meow* Join Date: January 4, 2001 Location: Lakeland, Florida Age: 51 Posts: 11,722	right click in explorer on the drives, and choose to check the disk for errors. Reboot, and it'll do the test. Whichever either freezes while trying to check it, OR reports bad sectors is the bad drive. (I had an 8-gig fail last week.) BACK UP EVERYTHING you need before you check it. Checking it CAN make it fail for good. __________________ Ironworks Gaming's Official Youtube Gaming Channel

07-25-2006, 10:30 AM	#3
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	hmm... this is a big problem for me. I dont have space for my computer for a backup (especially if its my 200gig thats the problem.) hmmm.. wish me luck! __________________ Catch me if you can..

07-25-2006, 01:12 PM	#5
Callum Symbol of Cyric Join Date: October 21, 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 35 Posts: 1,143	Good luck! __________________ [img]\"http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4763/callumavataranimated4ff.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-25-2006, 01:44 PM	#7
dominions Elminster Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Hampshire, England Age: 51 Posts: 428	My advice? Unplug (but do not removed!) the problem hard disc. Buy another hard disc of similar size, put it on as the boot master and install windows and your motherbopard drivers. Switch everything off, plug the old hard disc back in but as a slave (or secondary) hard disc. it will then appear as drive D, E or whatever. You can now copy your data from the old hard disc to the new one all the while putting minimum strain on the old one. Obviously this means you need to buy another hard disc, but you will have to replace this one anyway. Mike __________________ [img]\"http://www.shalewyn.com/Images/KrynnWhiteDragon1.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br />\"Hah!\", thought the white dragon. \"A wand of Ice Storm will never harm me!\"<br />He never did figure out that he was in a CRPG...

07-25-2006, 12:14 PM	#4
Kyrvias Lord Ao Join Date: May 15, 2005 Posts: 2,092	I wish you luck!

07-25-2006, 01:18 PM	#6
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 41 Posts: 3,092	Can you not just remove/unplug the power lead from one of the drives and listen for clicks afterwards? If the 200GB drive is brand new then it's more likely to be that.

07-25-2006, 01:46 PM	#8
dominions Elminster Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Hampshire, England Age: 51 Posts: 428	BTW Ziroc is totally right about putting the drive through hard disc checker: it can very well hasten it's demise. __________________ [img]\"http://www.shalewyn.com/Images/KrynnWhiteDragon1.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br />\"Hah!\", thought the white dragon. \"A wand of Ice Storm will never harm me!\"<br />He never did figure out that he was in a CRPG...

07-26-2006, 02:17 AM	#9
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	thanks guys for the advice. I did a check disk and the hard drive of my 200gig doesnt seem to have any errors. So by the process of elimination, my 80 gig may be the problem, I will do a check disk just to be sure. My 80 gig is partitioned into 40 gig each. Hopefully, I can determine which Hard drive is the problem. __________________ Catch me if you can..

07-26-2006, 09:03 AM	#10
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 41 Posts: 5,556	ok I did a scan disk but nothing came up with scanning all my drives.. Granted the clicking sound I hear.. happens once in awhile (meaning very random of not hearing after a couple of days) and that blue screen error happened twice over a span of 4 months. I guess in a way Im glad for my computer to last abit longer to backup my files __________________ Catch me if you can..

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