Hard drive clicking for 16 times during startup.

Shreyansh_2 · Nov 23, 2015

When i boot my laptop sometimes the Hard Drive (Samsung HN-M750MBB 750.1 GB) MAKES CLICKING SOUND (everytime 16 times) and the windows does not start and i am stuck on the boot screen(note:F2 and F4 or any other key do not respond). The problem happened first time a month ago and now it has become more frequent.
I am able to boot my windows 8.1 after few attempts. The number of attempts are also increasing now (from 2-3 earlier to even 10 or more now). I have performed disk check up form disk properties, it shows no error( maybe due to the disk working fine at that time).
Can you suggest me something that i can do to stop the clicking sound and save my drive. Thanks
Update:
I have performed certain tests using crystaldiskinfo 6.52 and hd tune pro.
According to the results: crystaldiskinfo shows 1 error that is with "current pending sector count" showing raw values as 0000002
hd tune pro shows 2 errors: The one above and second: calibration retry count.
Here is a link i have uploaded results images. http://1drv.ms/1I7EhPG
(note: last night when i checked my disk using the above two software: there was no "current pending sector count error" in both of the software.)
Update: I used another software, Active smart this time to analyse the problems AND THERE WERE NO ERRORS .(http://1drv.ms/1NMzW1b)

D_Know_WD · Nov 23, 2015

Hi there Shreyansh_2,

You really need to back up the data stored on the drive as soon as possible as it is most probably failing.
After that, you can just test your drive: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Let us know what the test results show,
D_Know_WD

CountMike · Nov 23, 2015

Samsung and most other manufacturers have programs for testing their drives, Checkdisk doesn't check for drive condition just integrity of files and for bad sectors. Check Major geeks site (very safe and dependable) for utilities for HDD checking, SMART etc.

Shreyansh_2 · Nov 23, 2015

D_Know_WD :

I have performed certain tests using crystaldiskinfo 6.52 and hd tune pro.
According to the results: crystaldiskinfo shows 1 error that is with "current pending sector count" showing raw values as 0000002
hd tune pro shows 2 errors: The one above and second: calibration retry count.
Here is a link i have uploaded results images. http://1drv.ms/1I7EhPG
(note: last night when i checked my disk using the above two software: there was no "current pending sector count error" in both of the software.)
I used another software, Active smart this time to analyse the problems AND THERE WERE NO ERRORS .(http://1drv.ms/1NMzW1b)

Shreyansh_2 · Nov 24, 2015

CountMike :

I have performed certain tests using crystaldiskinfo 6.52 and hd tune pro.
According to the results: crystaldiskinfo shows 1 error that is with "current pending sector count" showing raw values as 0000002
hd tune pro shows 2 errors: The one above and second: calibration retry count.
Here is a link i have uploaded results images. http://1drv.ms/1I7EhPG
(note: last night when i checked my disk using the above two software: there was no "current pending sector count error" in both of the software.)
I used another software, Active smart this time to analyse the problems AND THERE WERE NO ERRORS .(http://1drv.ms/1NMzW1b)

D_Know_WD · Nov 24, 2015

The current pending sector error is related to bad sectors(2 of them). The calibration retry count could indicate some mechanical flaw as well.
My suggestion would be to just back up the data stored on the drive and replace it eventually. I guess you can continue using it until it fails. Yet, you need to get the data off the drive.

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