I think my hard drive is about to die
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vaifan1986




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PostPosted: Wed, 11th Aug 2010 22:35    Post subject: I think my hard drive is about to die
I had a bsod while watching a .mp4 video. When it finaly rebooted I could heard a loud tik,tik,tik noise coming from the computer. And it didn't stop until windows booted up. But then the hard drive started working and sounding like machine gun fire.
First I thought it was overclock, but then I lowered it, and still the same sounds.
Luckily I backed up all my data before the last windows install.
So what do you guys think, is it the hard drive, or could it be something else?


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Nec




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PostPosted: Wed, 11th Aug 2010 22:47    Post subject:
Open case, listen/touch hard drive, decide.


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PostPosted: Wed, 11th Aug 2010 23:01    Post subject:
Aye, open up the case, boot up the computer and see if you _feel_ it ticking. Probably is your hard drive by the sound of it though Smile
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vaifan1986




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PostPosted: Thu, 12th Aug 2010 00:04    Post subject:
Scratch Head
Rebooted a couple of times, no ticking sound. What I hear was probably a warning shot. Guess I better start saving up for a new hard drive.


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todd72173




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PostPosted: Thu, 12th Aug 2010 00:57    Post subject:
HD tune pro or Hard Disk Sentinal will tell you if your HD is bad. RUn either of those, preferabbly HD Sentinal.


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Nalo
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PostPosted: Thu, 12th Aug 2010 02:23    Post subject:
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Frant
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PostPosted: Thu, 12th Aug 2010 03:24    Post subject:
Serious hard disk diagnostics/rescue/salvaging requires non-windows programs. Hiren's Boot CD 10.6 contains a whole bunch of different hard drive diagnostic/scanners/repair programs.


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vaifan1986




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PostPosted: Thu, 12th Aug 2010 07:31    Post subject:
Scanned it with sentinel, and there were no problems. I'm thinking of buying a new hard drive just in case, and use the old one for non essential stuff till it dies.


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Werelds
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PostPosted: Thu, 12th Aug 2010 11:54    Post subject:
Actually, Speedfan is good enough to get a quick indication of a hard drives state. Use the online button to get a few more details.

It's far from a deep analysis, but it gets usable results.
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