Hard Drive clicking, Is this enough to restore pc?

Kippopot

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Aug 21, 2013
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My Hard drive (2 weeks old) has developed a clicking noise but it is still functioning so I have decided to back everything up.
I am using windows 8 pro and I have created a system repair disk and have backed up the whole hard drive onto an external hdd using the windows 7 file recovery section of control panel. Is this enough to allow me to completely reinstall windows 8 onto a new hdd if the one I am using now fails me?
 

Jaxem

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I'd use some kind of cloning utility (i'm a big fan of the clonezilla live cd) to make an image backup that can be written directly to your new drive if your current one fails. No re-installation of anything needed, you'll go on like it never happened.