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Hard Drive Makes a Clicking Sound

Hard Drive Failure?Generally a clicking soundoffer.) After CHKDSK finishes, restart your
coming from your hard drive is a Bad Omen. Itcomputer normally and see if the dreaded
could be a harbinger of horrific hardwareclick of doom returns. If so, the drive is
happenings, so my immediate advice is "BACKUPmost likely damaged, and should be replaced
YOUR HARD DRIVE!" as soon as possible. If theas soon as possible. If you decide to
drive fails, you're out of luck. In fact,purchase a new computer, see Copying Old Hard
even if you don't suspect a problem with yourDrive to New PC for help with transferring
hard drive, it's wise to make regular backupsyour files.Are You On The Level?But before
so you can survive a hard drive failure withyou trash your troublesome drive, you should
only minimal inconvenience.See my articletry one more thing... Some hard drives are
Backing Up Your Files to learn about backupvery sensitive to non-level surfaces, and
strategies, hardware and software. And ifwill not function properly if they're sitting
you're curious about which hard drives noiseson a slant. Shut down your computer, make
you should be concerned about, listen tosure your system unit is on a flat surface
these clicking sounds made by dying hard(use a level to make sure), and then restart.
drives.Scan Your DriveOn Windows XP, you canI was all set to give up on an older computer
check your hard drive for errors by runningthat was doing the click/whir routine, but I
the CHKDSK utility. Restart your computer andnoticed it wasn't sitting on a level surface.
hold down the Ctrl key while it's booting up.As soon as I fixed that, the problem was
When you see the option to start your systemgone!That clicking sound MAY signal impending
in Safe Mode, select it and continue. Clickhard drive failure, but keep in mind you
the Start button, then click Run, then typedon't always get such a warning. So play it
CHKDSK C: /F /R then press Enter. The /Rsafe... back up your files on a regular
option tells CHKDSK to scan for bad diskbasis.BOB RANKIN... is a tech writer and
sectors, and the /F option means to fix anycomputer programmer who enjoys exploring the
errors found. (On a Windows 98 system, useInternet and sharing the fruit of his
the SCANDISK command instead of CHKDSK.)Ifexperience with others. His work has appeared
CHKDSK offers to "convert lost chains toin ComputerWorld, NetGuide, and NY Newsday.
files", recover lost data, or fix somethingBob is publisher of the Internet TOURBUS
else, you should accept. (If CHKDSK tries tonewsletter, author of several computer books,
sell you a cheap Rolex, politely decline theand creator of the website.



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