Does this sound like a hard drive starting to fail?

I've had the laptop in my sig 2 years come June.
The wd hdd that came with it I assume is still fine.

This is the Seagate test.


This is the WD HDD:


I've only had the seagate as my mine boot drive since September of last year.

The problem I've been having is that my computer would just go to a black screen when loading a level on counter strike source.
I've also have had random clicking noises from it since December that I have noticed.
It also seems that the hdd is slower then it was when I first got it. (i.e doing defrag)
Another thing I have noticed is that when I try to start up hdtune (at least a month ago) gave me a instant bsod.
It never used to.

 

Seagate has a diagnostic program that you can download for their support site that will thoroughly test the hard drive to tell you if it is failing or not. I recommend downloading the self booting cd version, create the cd, boot to it, and run the most exhaustive tests to see what it says.

It does sound like a typical Seagate drive failure to me though.

 

i'm quite sure that the seagate utility will tell u that the drive is allright but looks like its classic Seagate momentus drive failure... time to buy a new non-seagate drive... even if u RMA , u get a repaired drive..

 

I'll do that tonight. Thanks.

I will have to RMA it. I don't have any extra money to get a new drive.

 

hey, seagate hard drives have a known firmware problem with their free fall sensor.
The problem is addressed with a new firmware upgrade (right now i think it's available from dell only, though last i checked was 2-3 months ago so maybe i am wrong).

Take a look here : http://www.digitalchumps.com/gaming...-qclicking-noiseq-on-seagate-hard-drives.html

But there are many more resources.. Just google for your "st9320423as clicking" in google and you'll find a lot of references.

Not sure this is your problem but it's worth a try.