Hard disk makes a clicking sound

Hard Drive Failure?

Generally, a tick from your hard drive is a bad omen. It could be a portent of terrible events that hardware, so my immediate advice "BACKUP your hard drive!" as soon as possible. If the hard disk fails, you are out of luck. Even if you suspect a problem with the hard drive, it makes sense to do regular backups to disk in order to survive,Failure only with minimal inconvenience.

See my article on backing up files on backup strategies, hardware and software to learn. And if you're curious about the hard drive you should be concerned about the noise, you hear the clicking sounds [http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/4b1a62a50f405d0d86256756006e340c?] Made from hard drives die .

Analyze your trip

In Windows XP, you can browse your hard disk for errorsusing the CHKDSK utility. Restart the computer and hold down the Ctrl key during bootup, is in progress. If the option to restart in Safe Mode, select it and see. Click Start, click Run, then type CHKDSK C: / F / R, press Enter. The / R option tells CHKDSK to scan for bad sectors on the disk, which means the / F option, correct the errors found. (On a Windows 98 system, with the command SCAN DISK CHKDSK instead.)

If CHKDSK offers to convert "lost chainsFiles, lost data, restore, repair, or something else, you should accept. (If CHKDSK tries to sell you a cheap Rolex, politely decline.) Once CHKDSK has finished, restart your computer normally and see if the dreaded click of Doom versa. If it runs, the most likely damaged and should be. can be replaced as soon as you file to decide to purchase a new computer, see Copy old drive to new PC with the help of your transfer.

If you areLevel?

But before you trash the drive annoying, you should try one more thing ... Some hard drives are very sensitive to non-planar surfaces, and will not work properly if it is sitting on a diagonal. Turn on your computer, make sure your system is on a flat surface (at a level to check), and then reboot. I was all set on an old computer that does it / buzz was routine, but I realized that was not sitting on a flat surface. OnceI solved the problem was gone!

The clicking sound signal imminent bankruptcy, in May, hard drive, but remember, you always get a warning. So go on safe ... Back up files on a regular basis.