Hard Drive Dying?

jmedina

jmedina

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Today, I just heard a weird ticking noise come from my computer. I know it is not the fan because when I start the computer up it does not make the sound until it gets past BIOS and starts booting up. I also listened to it closely and it seems like it is coming from the Hard Drive. Is my Hard Drive Dying?
 
jmedina said:
Today, I just heard a weird ticking noise come from my computer. I know it is not the fan because when I start the computer up it does not make the sound until it gets past BIOS and starts booting up. I also listened to it closely and it seems like it is coming from the Hard Drive. Is my Hard Drive Dying?
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yea maybe wat brand is it?
 
The tick of death... I can almost guarantee you that it's dying (if it's really from the HDD, not a wire jumping from a spinning fan...)...

Backup everything immidiately. Get your DVDs and CD's out and start copying to them or get Norton Ghost on...
 
Thanks for warning me! It could be the fan. I opened up the case but it is very hard to isolate where the sound it coming from. I will try again later.
 
jmedina said:
Thanks for warning me! It could be the fan. I opened up the case but it is very hard to isolate where the sound it coming from. I will try again later.
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Disable a few fans for a few seconds, or just take the HDD out. Press your ear to it. Should be pretty loud.
 
Yup! Luckily I know someone who can give me a new Hard Drive:) But, It seems like this time of year my hard drive crashes. Last year my Hard Drive Crashed too.
 
jmedina said:
Yup! Luckily I know someone who can give me a new Hard Drive:) But, It seems like this time of year my hard drive crashes. Last year my Hard Drive Crashed too.
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wow is it like a thunder storm or something that does it because I had somebody at work that they're house wasn't wired right and they're laptop hard drive and both they're desktop hard drives died
 
Could be. I used to have a old imac g3 and I accidentally overloaded the outlet and blew out the Hard Drive. The Hard Drive kind of sounds like a cricket. It just started happening today.
 
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jmedina said:
Could be. I used to have a old imac g3 and I accidentally overloaded the outlet and blew out the Hard Drive. The Hard Drive kind of sounds like a cricket. It just started happening today.
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I would backup my hard drive or transfer it to another hard drive
 
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