Killed two HDDs in two months. Can a dead battery causes HDD failures?

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adamsad1

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So, my laptop has destroyed to hard drives in the last couple months. Both times I was using the computer, everything froze, and I started hearing a "tick" "tick" "tick" sound from the hard drive.

My battery is completely dead, to the point that if I unplug it the computer dies instantly. Is it possible that running the laptop completely off AC screwed up the power management, causing the drives to die? Is there anything else that could cause my laptop to eat drives?

It sounds stupid, but the chance of getting two bad drives in that short a period of time is a fraction of a percent, so I'd like to know before getting another drive and having that one destroyed too.
 
No, a dead battery and always being hooked up to the AC will not cause a hard drive to go bad. However, power surges will. Also it is possible to get a bad batch of drives, were these 2 drives the same brand and model? How old is this laptop?
 
The laptop is about two years old. Maybe a little less.

No, the hard drives were not the same make and model. I replaced my factory hard drive about a year ago because I needed more space. That one died two months ago so I put the factory one back in (I kept it sealed and protected). That died a couple days ago.
 
You are shutting down the computer properly correct? Clicking start, shutdown? Not by just pressing and holding the power button down.
 
its always a good idea not to move a laptop too much when its powered on.
particularly when the hdd indicator light is on or blinking
 
There could be a short on the HDD connectors that will eventually cause the HDD's to die. It's a bit of a stretch but it's possible.
 
Yes, I shut it down correctly. I can't really move the laptop much when it's on since it has to remain plugged in.

In 15 years (6 with laptops) I've never had any other hard drives fail.

I guess I'll take it into a repair shop and have them take a look at the connections before I spend the money and burn up a third hard drive. Like you said, it's unlikely, but it's also unlikely for two completely different drives to die a few weeks apart.
 
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