Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[broncobuz]

Hello, I have been having problems with windows and I.Ex. From which i have since deleted and re-installed win.xp on my laptop. But it has gone back to its old habits of staling and making a clunking sound. Any ideas????

 

[Geoff]

if its making a clunking sound then it has to do with hardware, and reinstalling windows wont help you there.

Do you know where the sound is coming from?

 

[broncobuz]

not 100% sure sounds like it is coming from the disk drive , althought i know this is not true.It isnt constant though. I does get run pretty hot and i thought that this could have something to do with it.

 

[LaptopExtreme]

Clunking noises may be coming from the HD. It may have gone bad.

 

[broncobuz]

If the hd has gone bad how can i check it ......

 

[Motoxrdude]

Open up your case, start up your computer, and try and identify what is making that noise.

 

[broncobuz]

ok but the problem is that it doesnt do it all the time and nothing in particuar seems to set it off. Is there any tests online or other i can run to check my hd and ram?