XX-Sunny-XX

Hey
Ok i was justo n my PC a few moments a go when it randomly froze
I couldnt move the mouse or Ctrl alt delete out of it so i had to restart

I then restarted the pc and it occured to me that the clicking noise in my HDD could be the click of death

THe hdd,s are a few years old and they both seem to have a loud clicking noise comeing out of them?

Are they dying?

Thnx

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halifax1

If your HDD is clicking then that's usually a sign of it dying.

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eflyguy

Most definitely.

You show you have Hitachi 160GB drives - they wouldn't happen to be 7k160's would they?
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Deviance

If you can manage to get back into Windows, you may want to download and use, http://www.hdtune.com/

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XX-Sunny-XX

Yeah i am using them atm in windows

1 is a 160gb Hitachi Cinestar IDE Dec 2007
Other is a 160GB Hitachi Deskstar Sata Nov 2007

They both are making clicking noises

I will try HD tune

Thnx

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JorgyBaby

Seems somethings not right. Simple solution - get a new hard drive

Also, while your in windows hurry up and back up all your files you need incase you lose something.

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XX-Sunny-XX

Well i was going to upgrade my ram tommorow
But now i need to upgrade my HDD
So the ram will have to wait

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philhalo66

are they IDE? or SATA? just out of curiosity

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XX-Sunny-XX

I have jsut done the HD tune error quick scan and ieerything was ok

Im doing a full error scan on both drives to be sure

And even if the drives pass hdd tune can they still be dying?

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XX-Sunny-XX

1 is IDE

1 Is sata

Both are clicking

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"When you cannot breathe, nothing else matters..."

Anyone who has ever had to fight for their next breath knows that this is very true