mad_dog369 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 (edited) Hey i built my pc just over a year now and laltly my hdd has been making strange clicking noise and the pc will freeze up for about 5 secs and sometimes you are forced to reset and after reset it has corrupt files, luckerly i am able to replace these files pretty easyerly.the hdd hasent made these noises for the last 2 weeks or so and hasent clicked for a while, what do you think was rong with it or is it damadged?Is this common in seagate harddrives?p.s is there any freeware hard drive moniter tools that could help me.and i saw this on a tv show, it's where theres a picture of the hdd and it shows where the reading arm is, is there any such thing and if there is where can i get it from? Edited December 17, 2006 by mad_dog369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 There's no way to repair the HDD yourself. From the sounds of it, it seems like your HDD is about to kick the bucket. Better backup all your docs and look for a new HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_dog369 Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 OK thanks for your help, is there any such software that shows where you had drive arm is reading from the hard drive?thanks for your help but it isent all that easy to backup 100gigs of files lol anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiki Burgh Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 hdd is about to retire ... if your BIOS supports it, enable SMART detection ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 OK thanks for your help, is there any such software that shows where you had drive arm is reading from the hard drive?thanks for your help but it isent all that easy to backup 100gigs of files lol anyway.Buy another hard drive pronto and Ghost it before it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_dog369 Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 (edited) Hey thanks for all your help.What brand of hard drive do you recomend that is fairly cheap and at least 100 gig.thx again. Edited December 18, 2006 by mad_dog369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Western Digital 250GB are at a very good price right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_dog369 Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Ok thanks you alot for your time i will try to buy one asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 MHDD is a good diagnostic program. Supposedly can repair bad sectors too...http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Your HD isn't under warranty? Both of my Seagate's have a 5 year one.I'd get another Seagate. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I'd get another Seagate. But that's just me.Same here. The 320GB'ers (7200.10 series SATAII) are very well priced (~100 USD), are fast, nice 16MB buffer, pretty quiet, 5 year warranty and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_dog369 Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 No the warranty peried was very stupid they only gave me a 1 year warranty and it has run out just a few months ago quit stupid i think.thanks for the prog i hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 No the warranty peried was very stupid they only gave me a 1 year warranty and it has run out just a few months ago quit stupid i think.For future reference, don't get a HDD unless it has more than 1 year warranty. Just get a Seagate for an easy 5 year one. If your drive is still clicking, then I wish you luck running anything from it for much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 If your drive is still clicking, then I wish you luck running anything from it for much longer.Indeed. Besides, I wouldn't waste any time with drive "repair" apps (some might be able to remap a couple bad sectors, but nothing will fix the clicking). This drive's about to die completely.And IMO, data on just about any drive is worth a lot more than the drive itself. From family photos that can't be replaced, to trip photos, documents of all types that took countless hours to write/make, etc. That's surely worth more than whatever a new HD costs. At the very first sign of failure, I unplug a drive, get a replacement, copy stuff over, and dispose of the old one. Chances are the old drive could have been used a little bit longer, but I see no point in risking data loss, especially given today's cheap storage prices (like 30 cents/GB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_dog369 Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yes i have backed all my photos and music and anything eles inportent.I have also found a nice 200 gig hdd for cheap from a friend (it's new of cores) umm so yeah i'll let every one know how things go with it.The hdd hasent clicked or crashed for a good month now but i know it's on the way out, it has readings like a 56 raw error rate, it gets very hot on simple processing, and well that just says something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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