Until recently I had 2 HDDs in my PC, namely a SATA I 160gb drive (approx 10 yrs old) and a SATA II 250gb drive (approx 5 yrs old). The SMART data was suggesting that the 250gb drive had some bad sectors and might fail, so I was using that for the Windows and Linux partitions and the other for storing data.
Sure enough, last week the 250gb drive finally died, so I bought a SSD to replace it. I read that it is best to install Windows with only the target drive installed when partitioning manually (to avoid creating the pesky 100mb system reserved partition) so I disconnected the 160gb drive while installing OSes to the new drive.
Got Windows installed on the SSD and reconnected the 160gb drive, but when I turn it on it makes the horrible clicking sound and the computer doesn't even get to POST.
It wasn't reporting any errors before the other one died and I was careful removing the other one from the PC when I replaced it with the SSD. Is it at all possible for a software change to cause the disk to die? I've tried disconnecting the SSD and switching the IDE/AHCI modes available in BIOS but nothing stops that awful clicking.
I really hope I haven't lost my data. Anyone any suggestions? Thanks in advance
Sure enough, last week the 250gb drive finally died, so I bought a SSD to replace it. I read that it is best to install Windows with only the target drive installed when partitioning manually (to avoid creating the pesky 100mb system reserved partition) so I disconnected the 160gb drive while installing OSes to the new drive.
Got Windows installed on the SSD and reconnected the 160gb drive, but when I turn it on it makes the horrible clicking sound and the computer doesn't even get to POST.
It wasn't reporting any errors before the other one died and I was careful removing the other one from the PC when I replaced it with the SSD. Is it at all possible for a software change to cause the disk to die? I've tried disconnecting the SSD and switching the IDE/AHCI modes available in BIOS but nothing stops that awful clicking.
I really hope I haven't lost my data. Anyone any suggestions? Thanks in advance