Clicking Hard Drive

tecknopunk · 03-12-2006, 09:53 PM

I built a computer back in August, and since them I have experienced a few problems here and there. I recently added 3 fans to my computer, and my computer was working fine for maybe 3 days. After that I often hear a clicking sound. I have come to the conclusion that it must be coming from my hard drive. It is a 160gb hard drive (it's a SATA hard drive made by either Sony or Toshiba). Basically wondering if there is anything I can do to get it to stop. Also, upon restarting my copmuter, it tells me that there is a disk boot failure.

Motoxrdude · 03-12-2006, 10:12 PM

You could defragment. That will help stop the clicking noises. The clicking noise should stop. To defrag press start>All programs>accesories>system tools>defragment. Then press defrag. If that doesnt help, you may have something using your hdd. The clicking is natural though, all hdd's do it, just a matter of how loud it is.

**dragon2309** · 03-12-2006, 11:31 PM

i think motoxrdude has got the wrong idea, if by clicking you mean the normal noise of a HDD then its fine, but anythign louder than that, then BACKUP NOW, your HDD is on its way to the big pit of oblivion, BACKUP NOW AND SOURCE A NEW DRIVE. that sound is not good at all....

dragon

03-12-2006, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
tecknopunk New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 18	Clicking Hard Drive I built a computer back in August, and since them I have experienced a few problems here and there. I recently added 3 fans to my computer, and my computer was working fine for maybe 3 days. After that I often hear a clicking sound. I have come to the conclusion that it must be coming from my hard drive. It is a 160gb hard drive (it's a SATA hard drive made by either Sony or Toshiba). Basically wondering if there is anything I can do to get it to stop. Also, upon restarting my copmuter, it tells me that there is a disk boot failure. Last edited by tecknopunk; 03-12-2006 at 10:12 PM.

03-12-2006, 10:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 17 Posts: 6,031	You could defragment. That will help stop the clicking noises. The clicking noise should stop. To defrag press start>All programs>accesories>system tools>defragment. Then press defrag. If that doesnt help, you may have something using your hdd. The clicking is natural though, all hdd's do it, just a matter of how loud it is. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

03-12-2006, 11:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,338	i think motoxrdude has got the wrong idea, if by clicking you mean the normal noise of a HDD then its fine, but anythign louder than that, then BACKUP NOW, your HDD is on its way to the big pit of oblivion, BACKUP NOW AND SOURCE A NEW DRIVE. that sound is not good at all.... dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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