Hard drive making clicking sound and my computer freezes

Dylan Weppler · Sep 10, 2015

at first i thought it was software related but now im thinking hardware, my disk will be at 100%, and whenever i do something like open a program, my hard drive clicks then makes a vroom sound, making my computer freeze for a couple of seconds

jrrdmchls · Sep 10, 2015

Your hard drive is dead. If you can backup everything you need to backup. Clicking is never a good sign!

wiki says"

On a hard disk drive, the click of death refers to a similar phenomenon; the head actuator may click or knock as the drive repetitively tries to recover from one or more errors. These sounds can be the heads repetitively loading or unloading, or they can be the sounds of the actuator striking a stop, or both. The click of death may indicate that the hard drive has crashed or failed.

D_Know_WD · Sep 11, 2015

Hi there Dylan Weppler,

In case the HDD is still accessible, you really need to take the data off of it as soon as possible.
The, you can try attaching the drive with different cables(SATA and especially power ones) to a different SATA port.
After that, you can test the drive with some of these tools: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Dylan Weppler · Sep 11, 2015

are you guys sure it is my hardrive? it is fairly new, my PSU crashed my pc yesterday aswell

D_Know_WD · Sep 11, 2015

We can't really be a 100% sure. As your HDD is making clicking sounds, there's a probability that it is failing. This is why, it is good to back up the most important data stored on it. In case it completely fails, you will not be able to do so.

You haven't mentioned about the PSU problem. This could have damaged the HDD or may not supply power adequately to your HDD.

Anyway, you need to do some troubleshooting in order to narrow down the possible causes.
- Attach the HDD with different cables to a different port. In case you can attach it to another system, you will be sure whether there is something wrong with the HDD or with something else in your PC(most probably PSU).
- There are some software tools which you can use to test your PSU. Though, the best thing you can do is to just borrow one from somebody and install it on your system.

D_Know_WD

Dylan Weppler · Sep 11, 2015

I just re-plugged in my PSU and hard drive, and as of right now it seems to be working a lot better not once has it hit 100% disk in task manager

jrrdmchls · Sep 11, 2015

Dylan Weppler :

I still wouldn't trust that your hard drive is not failing. I would personally backup anything important, and then run some tests on your hard drive.

Dylan Weppler · Sep 11, 2015

well usually it woudl freeze only when im on chrome, but im on chrome watching youtube as i play diablo and it hasnt froze once, the hard drive is fairly new aswell

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