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    Losing My data Need Help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by scott_2k, Mar 3, 2007.

  1. scott_2k

    scott_2k Newbie

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    On at least two occasions I have heard a sort of clicking noise (one or two at the most) coming from my pc. I have a 40 GB hd primary and a 160GB ide hd slave. I'm not sure if this is my hard drive failing. I have listened to the "failing hard drive" samples on I think maxtor or sony's site and the first sample sounded similar to the noise I heard, only the noise didn't repeat over and over, it just sounded once or twice really quickly.
    Also, my system has been crashing and I don't know if this is because of a program I installed or if it is my hard drive actually starting to fail. Is there a way to check what is causing it to crash? If I post the error report the next time it crashes, would someone be able to decipher what the cause is?
     
    scott_2k, Mar 3, 2007
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  2. bal3wolf

    bal3wolf Notebook Consultant

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    If the drive is clicking its going to fail just dont know when could be days months or years i got a 2 old 30gigs that click i smack them lol and they stop. Backup your data incase it does fail sooner then later. When it starts to click windows cant write to its page file and it will cause windows to crash a temp fix is to move the pagefile to your other drive.
     
    bal3wolf, Mar 3, 2007
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  3. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    If you know that the noise is probably a failing hard drive, there isn't anything you can do to save it - other than making sure you have backed up all your data and are prepared to move on to a new hard drive.
     
    Gautam, Mar 3, 2007
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