I have a question about my computer. Every now and then I here a "Click" "click" sound inside of my computer. when this happens i experience a freeze in everything. Can someone tell me what is wrong?
Definitely sounds like a HDD on the fritz. You should backup all critical data and run a DFT (drive fitness test). See the thread on this forum that's stickied (essential computer geek tools) for the download link to Ultimate Boot CD.
My Maxtor is doing the same thing. I'm so lazy, that I'm just gonna wait to see if it dies. It probably will, in which case I'll lose everything on my data drive to get an OS back up, but w/e Fuck Maxtor.
I see I knew it was my hard drive that dam thing been goin crazy lately lmao. soooooo the weird thing is it goes on and off and its good and then its not good. so yea thanks for that. Any reason y tho it is good and then not good?
The read/write head of probably wearing out. This is normal for disk drives, they all die eventually, some quicker than others. Chris, just split some free space off the partition on the data drive to install the OS so you don't have to lose your shit!
I hate that sound! It's definately HDD and it's cost me alot of data loss. Unfortunately, for me, it was usually too late to backup my stuff when the "clicking" entered my life.
Yup, I find that every single western digital drive I've purchased has done that. I lost a lot of good porn and music over the years. I guess I shouldn't have just ignored the clicking.
I have a 40gb IBM deathstar that's been clicking like that for the last 3 years and is still going strong.
well, lemme tell ya somefin. When, and IF it does crash, take the hardisk out AND guess what! BREAK THA FUCKIN WARRANTY!! (be a rebel, yeah u can do it) its so fun!! lol. Specially the magnets =} and if ur really cool, take the discs out, and COLOR THEM! with permenant marker =} Its fun too. =}
