Solve : Hard drive kept clicking and now computer running slow.?

1.	Solve : Hard drive kept clicking and now computer running slow.?
Answer» Okay, I have a Western Digital 120Gb IDE hard drive, I'm going to make this as detailed as I can!! Yesterday as I was loading my game of FIFA when the hard drive started MAKING a clicking noise and spinning up, then clicked and spinned, and again, about three times in about 10 seconds. This was while the game was loading up from windows to the first screen. It was very strange but it stopped so I continued playing. During online play it did the same thing again, about three times, and everytime it clicked the gameplay chopped and continued, the third time it took longer to continue gameplay and I thought it was about to disconnect from the online game. I finished the game and restarted the game to see what would happen and now it started clicking more frequently, so I listened to my computer and heard it coming from the hard drive. So after struggling with it for a bit I performed the chkdsk on windows and it found 4 errors. Then I performed the scandisk on windows startup, and the fourth step took forever like hours. It doesn't usually take that long for me. It has now stopped clicking and I was able to back up some of my files, which I tried to do before but would manually stop it due to excessive clicking. I havn't tried playing any games because of the fear that it will continue. Now my computer seems to be a bit slower when loading things. And this is very noticable when music or sounds play because they come out choppy. Also I have recenlty added 2gb of memory to my previous 512 gb of memory, so i have 2.5 gb. I have also upgraded my cpu from 2.6 gigs hyper thread, to 3.4 gigs hyper thread. I had to force the heatsink on really hard because it wouldn't lock into place. So is my problem just the hard drive or can my new configuration have anything to do with it?? Do I have to replace my hard drive?? Have you tried Western Digital 'Data Lifeguard DIAGNOSTIC' ? ---->GoHereI just ran it, and I don't see how this program really helps me... Quote from: redthorn on October 18, 2007, 07:42:52 PM I just ran it, and I don't see how this program really helps me... Well, it was designed by the manufacturer to ANALYZE your hard drive. How did the test come out?The clicking and slow process you spoke of is your HDD...Try replacing the cable, the go to Device Manager and to IDE/ATA/ATAPI and under their see if you can check the resulting "Sustained Speed(should b around 60mbps) the other test speeds if you have this option is Burst and theatrical..Just make sure your Sustained Speed is close to 60MB/s, any below that..mmmm? My SATA 1.5's where usualy 62MB/s and ATA100 where close to the same sustained speed.. I had a problem with one drive clicking not long ago and it was running very slow. New cable fixed the clicking. But I had to return the drive bcause my problem for slow speed was still their and a bad drive. A WD drive is easy..if your registered and in the 3yr warranty-some 5yr, you can just send it in and get a new drive..they don't care if your name on it or not..Good Comp. just have to go the site: http://websupport.wdc.com/warranty/serialinput.asp?aspsid=9105643&custtype=end&requesttype=warranty&lang=enThis is commonly known as the"clik of Death"...the drive is getting READY to fail so back up your data immediately. WD is pretty good about warranty drives...

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Okay, I have a Western Digital 120Gb IDE hard drive, I'm going to make this as detailed as I can!!

Yesterday as I was loading my game of FIFA when the hard drive started MAKING a clicking noise and spinning up, then clicked and spinned, and again, about three times in about 10 seconds. This was while the game was loading up from windows to the first screen. It was very strange but it stopped so I continued playing. During online play it did the same thing again, about three times, and everytime it clicked the gameplay chopped and continued, the third time it took longer to continue gameplay and I thought it was about to disconnect from the online game. I finished the game and restarted the game to see what would happen and now it started clicking more frequently, so I listened to my computer and heard it coming from the hard drive.

So after struggling with it for a bit I performed the chkdsk on windows and it found 4 errors. Then I performed the scandisk on windows startup, and the fourth step took forever like hours. It doesn't usually take that long for me. It has now stopped clicking and I was able to back up some of my files, which I tried to do before but would manually stop it due to excessive clicking. I havn't tried playing any games because of the fear that it will continue.

Now my computer seems to be a bit slower when loading things. And this is very noticable when music or sounds play because they come out choppy.

Also I have recenlty added 2gb of memory to my previous 512 gb of memory, so i have 2.5 gb. I have also upgraded my cpu from 2.6 gigs hyper thread, to 3.4 gigs hyper thread. I had to force the heatsink on really hard because it wouldn't lock into place.

So is my problem just the hard drive or can my new configuration have anything to do with it?? Do I have to replace my hard drive??
Have you tried Western Digital 'Data Lifeguard DIAGNOSTIC' ?

---->GoHereI just ran it, and I don't see how this program really helps me... Quote from: redthorn on October 18, 2007, 07:42:52 PM

I just ran it, and I don't see how this program really helps me...

Well, it was designed by the manufacturer to ANALYZE your hard drive.

How did the test come out?The clicking and slow process you spoke of is your HDD...Try replacing the cable, the go to Device Manager and to IDE/ATA/ATAPI and under their see if you can check the resulting "Sustained Speed(should b around 60mbps) the other test speeds if you have this option is Burst and theatrical..Just make sure your Sustained Speed is close to 60MB/s, any below that..mmmm? My SATA 1.5's where usualy 62MB/s and ATA100 where close to the same sustained speed..

I had a problem with one drive clicking not long ago and it was running very slow. New cable fixed the clicking. But I had to return the drive bcause my problem for slow speed was still their and a bad drive.

A WD drive is easy..if your registered and in the 3yr warranty-some 5yr, you can just send it in and get a new drive..they don't care if your name on it or not..Good Comp. just have to go the site:

http://websupport.wdc.com/warranty/serialinput.asp?aspsid=9105643&custtype=end&requesttype=warranty&lang=enThis is commonly known as the"clik of Death"...the drive is getting READY to fail so back up your data immediately.
WD is pretty good about warranty drives...

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