my hdd often ticks quite loud especially when loading or writing files, what worse is its just about 5 months old, really dam worry when heard it ticking

I got something to share:

My WD HD, I took it for a ride. I live in Serdang and went to Wangsa Maju to transfer some files to my friend's PC. After going to Wangsa via KTM + LRT then back again, I checked my HD with speedfan and...


The performance had drop from 100% to 89% jus in one trip?!

It has been working at 100% since,... erm... year 2000... Ahhh...
I'll never bring my HD for a joyride again...

will it affect the other 2 partitions?the quiet 1

but now it's back 2 252(normal)...erm...what's goin on?evrytime i do the in depth anal...the result varies...hoh

beware of sudden death!!
mine is jz like that...jz 10 months only
wuahaha

Wuahaha? You called me?
Clicks and ticks really a sign of ur HDD's death. Experienced it many times all also died later about few monthes later Just before it die u might get sudden PC hangs or disappearance.

i got 1 external hardisk... but dont know how it uddenly cannot boot... followed by the clicking sound... this hardiskk still can repair o i just consider it "death"? anybody, any idea?

anyone does hdd recovery services? or knows someone who's good at hdd recovery services...pls pm/email or just drop the contact no here...i need to recover a laptop hdd

thx

Sounds like slow and bad sector problems.. and possibly some corruption. Since the drive is detectable, there may be a good possibility that the data (maybe not all of it) can be recovered.. Try some of the recovery software mentioned here in this thread such Stellar Phoenix, Acronis Reovery Expert, GetDataBack, PC Inspector, SpinRite, R-Studio, etc..

Try the following...

- First Data Services
- SCS-Myung
- Adroit Data Recovery Centre
- MDR Data Recovery Solution

Regards.

thanks lex

I just plugged in my 2.5" WD HDD into the laptop to check it's SMART status. Everything looks ok but there are 115 Reallocated Sector Count. Speedfan online diagnostic adviced me to backup data and get a new disk. This disk was actually used in a problematic HDD enclosure. Does this mean that my HDD is dying? Maybe because of my lousy cheapskate enclosure, it has caused the reallocation. Can I un-reallocate the sectors by writing zero or formatting?

p/s: Don't use cheapskate enclosures.. They give headaches.

i just found a new way(accidently) to kill the hdd. This is for WD hdd only. when then pc running on touch the pcb circuit, then you will here clicking sound and do it until tha BSOD occur then say goodbye to hdd.

I found this way when i try to fix a pc and then had to say goodbye to the hdd

This post has been edited by lex: May 3 2006, 05:07 PM

i dunno why my new 250gb hdd always overheat???
the temp. always between 58c to 68c
the highest record reached 70c

This post has been edited by lex: May 3 2006, 05:07 PM

How long will a HDD with bad sector will last if I've already "fix" it with some software but still using it to do regular stuff such as surfing and light gaming?

Maybe your HD is running at high speeds with little or not air circulation to cool ur disk. Try to get a hd cooler.
cheap enclosure's chipset will give u the headache by not giving data at all... U should listen to speedfan and get a new disk...
If u fix the HD with software, it might last 3days to 3years. But who knows?


This post has been edited by lex: May 3 2006, 05:07 PM

Wa... that disk is less than 6 months and it cost me 300++ for that 60GB. To RMA, there is not enough reallocated sector count, I think.

hi.. i've prob here.. nowadays my HD start to produce chunking sound when i run file on that.. that is my 2nd HD.. 40G Seagate.. i used to keep my anime n muvie there.. n when i open anime file it will produce sund like.. "chaking chaking~~" sumkind like that.. not only two bits.. but for a long time.. maybe 2 -3 mins.. n i oso find that it work really slow.. have to wait up to 1 min to open anime file.. why a dis happen? sign of my HD want to kong ka?

possibly bad sector since u mentioned it took 4ever 2 open a file besides sounds
hv u try run scandisk?

oh yeah, speaking bout scandisk, does any1 know y scandisk using command prompt is faster than scandisk that runs after we restart pc?

This post has been edited by lex: May 3 2006, 05:06 PM

After suffering from "random click sound and hang" while in game for 2+ months. My Maxtor 160GB finally kick the bucket, as it wont boot to Windows anymore. Arghhh .... music, video and data gone

This post has been edited by lex: May 3 2006, 05:06 PM

TRAS Violation: The Creeping Corruption of a HDD
means if running performance ram such as TCCD at 2-2-2-5 will spoile the hdd more faster???

Off topic...
Sorry,just borrow this space awhile.
Where can we claim our warranty?lifetime waranty from manufacturer?Agent or HQ?