clicking sound -- hard drive?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by yeeha, Aug 4, 2006.

  1. yeeha

    yeeha Private First Class

    I have a crappy Dell dimension 8300. Recently I have begun having a problem where something inside periodically starts to make a rapid clicking sound, a sort of on-off, on-off, on-off sound, over and over. Occasionally after hearing this noise several times in a row, I then hear a small "beep". Inevitably, total system crash ensues.

    The CD/DVD drives are both junk but I don't think it's them. The only other thing I can think of is the hard drive. What's puzzling is that I keep booting back up with no problems and no apparent data corruption.

    Is my hard drive junk that needs to be replaced ASAP? Is there any way I can diagnose it myself with no expertise? Any suggestions?
     
    yeeha, Aug 4, 2006
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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Sounds like an immenent failure ....copy/save your important stuff asap ...then you could try a checkdisk/r ....(right click on c drive and then tools and check disc) ...
     
    TimW, Aug 4, 2006
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  3. matt.chugg

    matt.chugg MajorGeek

    After experiencing a drive failure last night i'd suggest you backup anything important (on to seperate media) NOW before you do anything else.
     
    matt.chugg, Aug 4, 2006
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