Quote:
Originally Posted by ILuvSmurfs
If the hard drive is making ANY noises (beyond the usual whirring sound) it is probably about to go bad. I have had two die, and I had advanced warning from the clicking sounds. Once you hear that, back up as soon as possible to another drive and get it replaced. The motherboard/RAM/etc. are not going to cause the clicking sound.
|
I concer. Ive had about 3 hard drives do that and its a sign of imminent death. When you get a bsod, what is the error? Is it something like cant find file so and so?
You got a new drive...and there other drive was gone...and that new drive died...i highly doubt it. There is a possibility that your mobo or psu is going or is bad...and that your old hd was getting worse because of either of those problems. Normally...after hearing the clicking sound of death, you get a few weeks...unless you have a seagate...then you have a few days. I would try (if you can) swaping parts to test to see if each one is the problem.
Steer far away from seagate..their hard drives suck ass...my computer tech teacher told me that they are really cheap and dont last long.
You know what...if you can...try booting up on a live cd such as knoppix (linux) and see if it errors or something..even tho it is linux...see if it can read that new hard drive. I actually have a windows live disk that has everything for repairing and fixing someones computer. Works great.