Is BT another way to kill ur HDD? Coz got a fren after starting use BT for a few days and his HDD died after a reboot

I have had problems with my HDD for 2 times since I start using my PC. Whenever I heard loud clicking sounds, my heart start clicking too Tat's when you know ur HDD is gonna choke to death. Hehehe a year ago my Maxtor 120GB died just 3 weeks b4 warranty. And They return me a 160GB But so far still working ... but I guess soon it'll leave me again

Warning: Heavy HDD usage kills (esp. BT, install~uninstall games, defrag too often)

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.

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

Try sys information software such as SpeedFan, PC Wizard 2006, Everest. They give pretty detailed hardware info and temperature too

Try using a search engine eg. Google

I've the same problem with my 160GB HDD and usually happen when I load up a game. Used to think that my HDD has bad sectors, but scanned with Maxtor's tool it says healthy. Could be caused by something else eg. software, OS, IDE controller, old mobo or maybe other hardware.